I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes that fly over my house

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Post by tosh » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes that fly over my house
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Re: I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes that fly over my house

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Post by 0x0000000 » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 8:14 PM UTC

This is really neat. I've thought about doing something similar, but feared that this is enough information to deduce where one lives. Kudos to the author for not only making this, but also publishing it

Re: I built a system that takes pictures of all the airplanes that fly over my house

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Post by ryandrake » Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 9:08 PM UTC

0x0000000 wrote: post #2

This is really neat. I've thought about doing something similar, but feared that this is enough information to deduce where one lives. Kudos to the author for not only making this, but also publishing it

You’re not wrong. In 2017, 4chan trolls (in)famously deduced the location of (and defaced) Shia Labeouf’s “HWNDU” flag art/protest project in 37 hours [1] from only a webcam pointed at the sky. Never underestimate the capabilities of bored people on the Internet with an ax to grind.

1: https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/d7eddj/4chan-does-first-...