"JoseMonkey is very good at finding people. With their permission, of course. JoseMonkey does this for fun - and also because of his advocacy for online privacy. When he felt like people weren't taking his concerns about the information they were unknowingly sharing seriously, he took to TikTok for a different approach. By walking his viewers "through the process of how I could look at a seemingly mundane video that doesn't show very much" and nonetheless deduce the exact location it was taken,"
"Phishing entails a bad actor pretending to be someone you trust - a bank, a friend, a family member - and luring you into clicking on a link, or logging into a fake website to obtain information. You may be able to tell you are being phished by viewing the message closely and noticing inconsistencies, like the email address being slightly wrong. How it looks for most users: you enter your password, and then the website will send a unique code to you."
Mundane social media content can expose precise locations through small visual cues and context, enabling others to find individuals. Demonstrations show how identifiable landmarks and overlooked details allow geolocation even from brief clips. Phishing relies on impersonation to trick people into revealing credentials or clicking malicious links, often appearing legitimate except for subtle inconsistencies. Typical two-factor authentication that sends codes via SMS is vulnerable because text messages are unencrypted and can be intercepted. Authenticator apps generate codes tied to accounts and offer stronger protection. Users should limit identifiable information in posts, scrutinize messages, and prefer authenticator apps over SMS.
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