A new espionage program for Facebook & Co., named RIOT (Rapid Information Overlay Technology), will not only reveal where a person is currently, it should even allow the prediction of where that person will be on a day in the future
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RIOT's calculations are based on social profiles such as Facebook, Twitter & Co. In addition, the developer of the program, Brian Urch, reports that there are ways to extract from hidden information of an image where it was recorded. These images are filtered out of the social network and created with them a kind of map with the help of Google Maps, which is the exact movement profile of the target person.
The fictional person Urch uses to explain RIOT, he calls Nick. After RIOT has created a man's movement profile based on Nick's photos, RIOT is supposed to create a kind of future forecast for where you could meet Nick. It turns out that Nick usually visits a gym on Monday around 6 pm. If you want to go to Nick or steal your laptop for example, you have a promising clue where you could find him.
Due to the great dangers arising from such a new development, only Urch has access to the software. It would now be conceivable for governments and intelligence services to obtain the rights of use. That would not be a surprise in today's world.
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