Bop Spotter: "a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed
Bop Spotter: "a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below"
If you want to see someone who really deserves that title, check out Brendan O'Connor's talk about the CreepyDOL project at DEFCON 21. Nice reminder of how much information most of us are leaking in the RF spectrum for anybody interested in listening and piecing things together.
Been a thing for all long time. See police scanners. Unfortunately going the way of the past as cops hide their coms with encryption to be even less accountable.