ai6yr, to random

Fun challenge - Apple iPhone 15 Precision Finding commercial. h/t @sepdroid for the idea. 34.1941214,-118.4132869

Google Street View of location - Vanowen Street

ai6yr,
ai6yr,

Mere feet away... edited to look like it was far away.

Same electrical box from Google Street View

ai6yr,

Long walk... same corner of "New Hope" street. Which is actually "Hope Street", Los Angeles.

Google Street view of the location, which is "Hope Street" for real.

ai6yr,

Apple ad . 34.04130,-118.2696 (backside of LA Live)

Google Earth 3D view of same location

ai6yr,

Apple ad - view of the Boba Fett character with distinctive colored window and angle of wall 34.04145,-118.26970

ai6yr,

Apple ad - private residence so address omitted. It's for rent! Perfect for the skilled factory worker who builds robots; maybe you'll be able to find a computer-matched roommate to help share the cost.

Description: "We currently have available this very private and completely refurbished studio/1 bath apartment in North Hollywood. This unit has beautiful refinished hardwood flooring, copper plumbing, dual paned windows, air conditioning and comes with one car assigned parking."

ai6yr,

Interestingly enough, this location is blurred in Google Street View.

Blurred apartment building and same church

ai6yr,
ai6yr,

Last and only location I haven't been able to find... need to go do more productive things LOL. So left as an exercise for the reader.

ai6yr,
ai6yr,

Interiors were filmed at one of those apartments, for sure - matches kitchen layout, although mirrored from the advertisement. #geolocation #StarWars #Apple

Kitchen shown in an apartment listing, same layout but different colors -- probably a mirrored apartment layout across the hall

remixtures, to Cybersecurity Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

: "A recently launched tool allows anyone to search a specific set of coordinates for Telegram users that have a certain setting enabled, and then plot their approximate physical location on a map, according to 404 Media’s own tests. The tool, dubbed “Close-Circuit Telegram Vision” or CCTV, piggybacks off an intended feature of Telegram called “Find People Nearby” which is disabled by default. The typical purpose of that feature is to find other Telegram users nearby to the current user’s physical location. The new tool, meanwhile, lets anyone search globally for people who have the setting turned on.

The news presents a recontextualization of data which users may consent to being available in one context, but which is now being presented in another.

“They have a protection mechanism but it's not enough to protect,” Ivan Glinkin, a cybersecurity professional and creator of CCTV, said in an online chat."

https://www.404media.co/this-tool-shows-some-telegram-users-approximate-physical-location/

ai6yr, to random

SLO Sheriff has no presence over here and doesn't follow me, but for the peanut gallery (approx 15 min to geolocate the hard way). SLO County Sheriff
@SLOSheriff
·

35.75801214,-121.31860217

Google Street View of the location

RTP, to news
@RTP@fosstodon.org avatar
ai6yr, to movies
ai6yr,

Ending scene is almost certainly Santa Paula, CA right here: 34.3317,-119.1141

Google Street View of likely location, Santa Paula, CA

PrivacyDigest, to privacy
@PrivacyDigest@mas.to avatar

#FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time #location data | Ars Technica

FCC finalizes $196M penalties for location-data sales revealed in 2018.
#privacy #geolocation #gps #tracking #surveillance

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/fcc-fines-big-three-carriers-196m-for-selling-users-real-time-location-data/

ai6yr, to random

Aha, I've been in front of Tom Petty's house before and had no idea! (helped one of his neighbors with some bees, although too late to rescue them -- they had been nailed by a pest service :-(

azonenberg, to OSINT
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

Friday !

  1. Where was I? Be as specific as possible (floor, part of building, etc)

  2. Bonus: Why was I there?

ai6yr, to Funny

I see a lot of posts of this funny sign ("Pet Friendly Except For Raccoons Never Again") with questions about where it was taken.

This is Spokane, Washington. 47.73045,-117.41166

Google Street View of same sign

ai6yr, to random

Random geolocation of the morning. Allstate Commercial. 34.04826137,-118.25652249

Same Street, seen in Google Street View

ai6yr, to random

Hmm, Wyze has another $10K treasure hunt. I got pretty darn close last time, within the right neighborhood, just by tracking ADSB and listening to the audio of their livestream to identify airplane types. (did not, however, fly up to Seattle to snag the prize).

ai6yr, to movies
ai6yr, to movies

Random Saturday night . Speed (Keanu Reaves) 33.99583,-118.47730

Same location on Google Earth 3D

azonenberg, to OSINT
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

Time for another fun puzzle!

  1. Where am I?
  2. What building is pictured at the center of the frame?
  3. What are all of the antennas for?

CW guesses or solutions to avoid spoilers, as usual.

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