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I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube

A researcher demonstrates how imperceptible background noise from planes in video soundtracks can be analyzed using Doppler curves and cross-referenced with ADS-B data to pinpoint the exact location where the video was recorded. The technique highlights a novel privacy risk from ambient audio in everyday recordings.

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Reveals a concrete, practical privacy vulnerability that affects anyone recording video with ambient aircraft noise, with clear reader value for understanding digital privacy risks.

I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube

Genius piece of OSINT by Colsto, who demonstrates how you can take almost imperceptible background noise of planes from a video soundtrack, figure out their Doppler curves, then cross reference them against ADS-B data to find the exact location of the video based on their speed, distance, and gaps between different flights.

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