I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube
Colsto found a sound that reveals exact locations, according to Simon Willison. This discovery may have implications for privacy.
Original reporting · simonwillison.net
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Key points from Simon Willison’s report
- Colsto discovered a sound that can reveal a person's exact location.
- The sound is almost imperceptible background noise of planes from a video soundtrack.
- Colsto's method involves figuring out the Doppler curves of planes.
Colsto's discovery, reported by Simon Willison, involves a sound that can leak a person's exact location. This sound is described as almost imperceptible background noise of planes from a video soundtrack.
According to Simon Willison, Colsto demonstrates how to take this background noise and figure out the Doppler curves of planes. The Doppler curve is a graphical representation of the frequency shift that occurs when an object moves towards or away from an observer.
Simon Willison reported that Colsto's method is a genius piece of Open-Source Intelligence, or OSINT. OSINT involves gathering and analyzing information from publicly available sources, such as videos and soundtracks.
Questions and answers
What is the sound that leaks exact locations?
The sound is almost imperceptible background noise of planes from a video soundtrack.
How does Colsto's method work?
Colsto's method involves figuring out the Doppler curves of planes from the background noise.
