I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/3/a-sound-that-leaks-your-exact-location/ "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." #whoa
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@robertsullivanai in a way, this is metadata, just not the kind we thought about
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@eythian thanks, yes v clever
Do you think this is legit? It certainly sounds plausible, but
a) is it really posssible
b) Given the sound quality/ambient noise of most videos, how often is it going to work even if possible?
@brembs sounds plausible in theory, no idea in practice...
@glynmoody A good reminder that the giveaway isn't only in the file's metadata, it can be in the background noise. Most privacy advice tells people to check what's in shot, not what's in earshot. Anyone publishing video should probably add that to their checklist.