My talk from Ignite Spatial NoCo #1 - Tweetsniffing, or How I Geolocated My Way to Your Mom's House (a cautionary tale of geotagging apps)

1. Ignite Spatial NoCo
{ Tweetsniffing: How I Geolocated My Way To Your
Mom’s House }
By Nick Armstrong (@ImNickArmstrong)
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3. You’re Sniffing What?
• “Tweetsniffing” - surreptitiously spying on
someone using Twitter
• via Me and Angel (@CohereLLC)
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4. What You See
Source: Available on demand, hidden to protect this person.
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5. What A Crook Sees
Black Market Values
Wii - $150
Mario Kart Wheel - $50
TV - $300
Girl who can Yoga - $$$!
Wii Fit - $100
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6. Hi Mom
Source: Available on demand, hidden to protect this person.
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7. Let’s Do Your Mom
• Luck
• Twitter
• Photo from a GPS-enabled camera
• Flickr/TweetPhoto
• EXIF - http://regex.info/exif.cgi
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8. Step 1: Search
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9. Step 2: Sniff
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10. Step 3:Verify
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11. Step 4: Wait
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12. Even in war...
... there are rules.
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13. Sniff Where Expected
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14. Avoid Impropriety
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15. Double-
Check
Your
Conclusions
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16. Be
Aware
of Who
and What
and Where
You Geotag:
You may
inadvertently
advertise grandma’s
address.
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17. I don’t wanna be sniffed
Source: http://www.flickr.com/account/geo/privacy/?from=privacy
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20. Thank You
• @ImNickArmstrong
• http://www.IAmNickArmstrong.com
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