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You Successfully Stalked Us, Please Don't Do It Again.

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Privacy, surveillance & cybercrimeInternet culture & memes

What it is

Matt Gray and Tom Scott review how viewers worked out where they watched the 2017 solar eclipse from, based on clues in their video. They go through the methods people used and how accurate the guesses were.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as an example of how effectively internet sleuths can geolocate someone from small details, in privacy and open-source-intelligence discussions.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Its got some really interesting tidbits”

    How people located the creators during the eclipse

    Kagerjay, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some niche communities you enjoy?”

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Topics: tom scott, matt gray, eclipse, osint, privacy

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