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Reminds me of a video [1] posted by Tom Scott from "Things you might not know" youbtube. He and a friend posted a photo of themselves watching the eclipse somew

Reminds me of a video [1] posted by Tom Scott from "Things you might not know" youbtube. He and a friend posted a photo of themselves watching the eclipse somewhere in the USA and it is scary how accurately their location was found by Internet sleuths. I feel bad for the new generation of Twitch/Youtube people who are exposing themselves to the Internet. There are some freaky good stalkers out there. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqEBvlmFAQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGqEBvlmFAQ

girst 8y ago
Also from Tom Scott: "I know what you did five minutes ago" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVBshcN7wU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVBshcN7wU
justaguyhere 8y ago
I feel bad for the new generation of Twitch/Youtube people who are exposing themselves to the Internet It starts even before they expose themselves in the form of parents who post everything about their kids on Facebook.
Bograff 8y ago
>There are some freaky good stalkers out there. That doesn't quite do the situation justice. The stalking gets crowdsourced; often to people who are well practiced at it.
legostormtroopr 8y ago
I mean if you want a great account of how little information can be used to find you, you have to include the greatest game of capture the flag: Shia LeBeouf's "He Will Not Divide Us" vs 4chan. > a flag emblazoned with the words "He Will Not Divide Us" would be flown for the duration of the presidency. The camera was pointed up at the flag, set against a backdrop of nothing but sky. > Within 38 hours of resuming transmission, the flag was located by a collaboration of 4chan users, who used airplane contrails, celestial navigation, and other techniques to determine that it was located in Greeneville, Tennessee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_R%C3%B6nkk%C3%B6_%26_Turner#HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US,_2017_%E2%80%93_ongoing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_R%C3%B6nkk%C3%B6_%26_...
- neumann 8y ago
  it is the first link in the gp post.
tomcam 8y ago
I literally did not think that level of precision would be possible. There were people from Cardiff, England who located these two gentlemen at a tiny tiny airport in Missouri. Incredible and mildly frightening.

girst 8y ago

Also from Tom Scott: "I know what you did five minutes ago" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVBshcN7wU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYVBshcN7wU

justaguyhere 8y ago

I feel bad for the new generation of Twitch/Youtube people who are exposing themselves to the Internet It starts even before they expose themselves in the form of parents who post everything about their kids on Facebook.

Bograff 8y ago

>There are some freaky good stalkers out there. That doesn't quite do the situation justice. The stalking gets crowdsourced; often to people who are well practiced at it.

legostormtroopr 8y ago

I mean if you want a great account of how little information can be used to find you, you have to include the greatest game of capture the flag: Shia LeBeouf's "He Will Not Divide Us" vs 4chan. > a flag emblazoned with the words "He Will Not Divide Us" would be flown for the duration of the presidency. The camera was pointed up at the flag, set against a backdrop of nothing but sky. > Within 38 hours of resuming transmission, the flag was located by a collaboration of 4chan users, who used airplane contrails, celestial navigation, and other techniques to determine that it was located in Greeneville, Tennessee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_R%C3%B6nkk%C3%B6_%26_Turner#HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US,_2017_%E2%80%93_ongoing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_R%C3%B6nkk%C3%B6_%26_...

neumann 8y ago
it is the first link in the gp post.

tomcam 8y ago

I literally did not think that level of precision would be possible. There were people from Cardiff, England who located these two gentlemen at a tiny tiny airport in Missouri. Incredible and mildly frightening.