Your location can be tracked from this secret in your vids
cybernews.com
100 meters may be close enough for this background audio privacy risk, as aircraft sounds can help locate videos. See what the evidence shows

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.

  1. You can triangulate low volume background sounds such as air planes: https://cybernews.com/privacy/aircraft-doppler-audio-geolocation-privacy/

  2. 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

  • grahamja@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Typically your first step in avoiding things like this is don’t be important. Your second is don’t record everything and share it. If you do have to share it, wait until long after you leave the place you recorded it.