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title: I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube
link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/3/a-sound-that-leaks-your-exact-location/
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published: 2026-11-03T05:32:25Z
updated: 2026-11-03T05:32:25Z
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- privacy
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summary: 'I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it''s everywhere) - YouTube 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. Via Lobste.rs Tags: privacy, youtube'
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**[I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UytYrhYLOKI)** ([via](https://lobste.rs/s/s1btqo/this_background_sound_leaks_your_exact "Lobste.rs")) 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.

[I discovered a sound that leaks your exact location (and it's everywhere)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UytYrhYLOKI)

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