alainrafiki/chasing_your_tail_anti_tracking_tool

Tool for using wireless signals to see if you're being followed. The anti-tracking tool, which can sit inside a shoebox-sized case, is made up of a few components. A Raspberry Pi 3 runs its software, a Wi-Fi card looks for nearby devices, a small waterproof case protects it, and a portable charger powers the system. A touchscreen shows the alerts the device produces. Each alert may be a sign that you are being tailed. FEATURED VIDEO How Public Cameras Recognize and Track You Get WIRED + a tote SUBSCRIBE NOW. Most Popular Mohsin Hamid CULTURE A Glimpse of a Future Without White People JASON PARHAM John Deere tractor in field SECURITY A New Tractor Jailbreak Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave LILY HAY NEWMAN The sign of the Veterans Affairs Department is hung on the podium SECURITY Flaw in the VA Medical Records Platform May Put Patients at Risk LILY HAY NEWMAN Apple Inc. iMac computers SECURITY A Single Flaw Broke Every Layer of Security in MacOS MATT BURGESS The device runs Kismet, which is a wireless network detector, and is able to detect smartphones and tablets around it that are looking for Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connections. The phones we use are constantly looking for wireless networks around them, including networks they’ve connected to before as well as new networks.

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