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- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/54070272
When uploading a real recording, there is a good chance your location & therefore possibly your identity can be revealed from the footage itself.
You can triangulate low volume background sounds such as air planes: https://cybernews.com/privacy/aircraft-doppler-audio-geolocation-privacy/
You can check the position of the sun/moon/stars, shadows, weather…: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2020/12/03/using-the-sun-and-the-shadows-for-geolocation/
If Streamers & Journalists CAN do it, government agencies ARE doing it.
If you need privacy be aware of this when recording / editing friends <3
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And thunderstorms
This can also be combined with the sound of the grid, or mains power, to figure out a general location and an exact time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0elNU0iOMY
