Doppler curves of passing airplanes can leak your exact location from any video with sound
cyb3rops · x · 2026-11-03
Security researcher 0x45o demonstrated a localization technique: analyzing the Doppler shift curves of nearby airplanes in a video's audio can reveal the precise location where it was filmed.
The implications cut both ways: it could help solve crimes, locate people needing rescue, and expose faked location claims — but it also gives governments yet another way to spy on people.
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