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One of my favorite internet happenings is when 4Chan (I think it was 4Chan) used stars and airplane data to get Shia LaBeouf's flag location and steal it. Not b
by partiallypro 4y ago
One of my favorite internet happenings is when 4Chan (I think it was 4Chan) used stars and airplane data to get Shia LaBeouf's flag location and steal it. Not because of the political message, but because it was just entertaining and impressive in general. I think it ended up being in Tennessee somewhere. In any case, this wasn't exactly a secret, journalists were invited (though they had their cellphones confiscated at the gate, apparently.) If they really wanted, they could use obfuscation to make the sky, etc unrecognizable or in a totally different location.
- sumtechguy 4y agoThat went on for a few months. I think he ended up sticking it on a blank wall in an airbnb. They still figured it out. Because he decided to go out and have a few drinks. Also because info is wildly leaky. It is interesting how leaky info is and how little it takes to narrow it down. Advertisers use that non intuitive fact to do browser fingerprinting.