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This should be obvious, but if you are concerned about physical privacy never publicly upload media taken in locations that you wish to remain private. People don't need #AI to do this and its been a common #stalking / #investigation technique forever.

If you've ever seen some of these #GeoGuessr streams, you understand how little context is actually needed to precisely determine the location of a photo.

techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/the-

TechCrunch · The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing 'reverse location search' from photos | TechCrunchThere's a somewhat concerning new trend going viral on social media: people are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in a photo.

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked: This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.

More and more hackers are targeting regular people with the goal of breaking into their bank accounts, stealing their crypto, or simply stalking them. These types of attacks are still relatively rare, so there’s no need for alarm. […]

‼️ techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/how-

TechCrunch · How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked | TechCrunchThis is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.

Tubefilter: Is paying for private security just another cost of being a female streamer?. “Obviously we’re not saying male content creators have zero need for security, or that they never face threats of their own. More than a few male content creators have been swatted, and some have also had their homes broken into. But Emiru, Cinna, and Valkyrae’s incident especially highlights how […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/tubefilter-is-paying-for-private-security-just-another-cost-of-being-a-female-streamer/

Der beste Freund seit Jahren vermisst. Rührseliger Aufruf über das Netz, ihn zu finden. Am Ende stellt sich heraus: Er antwortete damals auf eine WhatsApp nicht. Andere Versuche der Kontaktaufnahme? Nope: Der Postweg wurde nicht bemüht, schon gar nicht die Adresse des "besten Freundes" aufgesucht, auch nicht dessen Eltern befragt. Nur das Internet. Klicks, YIPPIE! 🥳

Weird aber lustig? Solche Aufrufe nicht teilen. 🙏 Sie können Menschen belasten bis gefährden.
#stalking #perönlichkeitsrechte


Bowie's defence lawyer Eric Granger, assisted by Hannah Drennan, had argued during the trial that while there's no doubt Bowie engaged in "unflattering" behaviour, none of it was criminal.

Assistant Crown attorney Kerry Watson argued that by tracking and following a woman, failing to leave her alone after she stopped responding to his calls and texts, and scaring her with his "unhinged" efforts to clear his name, Bowie's actions were indeed criminal.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/jame

CBCLawyer James Bowie guilty of harassment, extortion, death threats | CBC NewsA suspended Ottawa criminal lawyer has been found guilty of threatening to kill a former client who had publicly accused him of extorting her for sex, as well as criminally harassing another woman and trying to get her to obtain a firearm for him.

"Police officers and employees misusing access to police database now account for over half of all cybercrime pros-ecutions in the UK. The harms this can cause are considerable.
Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened to allow for greater access to communication data."—Alice Hutchings [Cambridge Cybercrime Centre]

Police Behaving Badly >

cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah793/papers/202

Forscher*innen haben einen Angriff auf Apples Find My Device Netzwerk gefunden, der es ermöglicht, jedes beliebige Bluetooth Gerät zu tracken.

Dabei generieren sie so lange Schlüssel, bis sie einen gültigen Schlüssel für einen AirTag haben, der zu der Adresse des gewünschten Geräts passt. Somit halten Applegeräte es für einen AirTag und übermitteln den Standort, wenn sie das Gerät finden.

Das dauert in der Regeln nur einige Minuten und ist komplett ohne Zugriff auf das Zielgerät möglich.

Bisher gibt es keine Möglichkeit sich davor zu schützen, außer Bluetooth zu deaktivieren, wenn es nicht benötigt wird.

golem.de/news/find-my-netzwerk

Golem.de · Find-My-Netzwerk: Angriff macht fremde Bluetooth-Geräte trackbar wie Airtags - Golem.deBy Marc Stöckel
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Welp, my stalker managed to figure out where I am and dragged his creepy ass out to harass people, resulting in my having to THANK COPS for chasing him away.

I'm not even sure what part of this annoys me more.

It is mildly ameliorated by the knowledge that a cop JUMPED THE SECURITY DESK to go after his ass. I do wish I had that on video for you.
Alas, I do not and you will have to settle for the mental image.

𝗩𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘇𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗴𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

Een Poolse vrouw die in 2023 beweerde de vermiste Madeleine McCann te zijn, is in Engeland aangeklaagd voor het stalken van de familie van het meisje. Volgens Britse media zou zij de ouders, hun dochter Amelie en zoon Sean sinds vorig jaar hebben...

rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artik

RTL Nieuws · Vrouw die zich voordeed als vermiste Madeleine McCann aangeklaagd voor stalkingEen Poolse vrouw die in 2023 beweerde de vermiste Madeleine McCann te zijn, is in Engeland aangeklaagd voor het stalken van de familie van het meisje. Volgens Britse media zou zij de ouders, hun dochter Amelie en zoon Sean sinds vorig jaar hebben lastiggevallen.