At this point, it is obvious that artificial intelligence is there to stay. All large companies have concentrated 100% on this technology to offer features that were previously impossible. From the generation of images from text to conversations with a virtual assistant like those already authorized by Gemini and Chatgpt, the possibilities of improving our lives are enormous.
At the same time, the possibilities of aggravating our lives also seem endless. The first malicious uses of the generative AI came with this technology, and even when the goal is not to harm others for its own benefit, new tools make things very easy. The quantity of false news and images generated by the AI that filled social networks demonstrates this, but this is not the only example.
Geospy It is another of these tools which presents itself as a tool which can be extremely useful, both for the conventional user and for the security forces; But it also has the potential to become the favorite application of stalkers, rapists and spies.
Geospy presents itself as an application capable of Get the location from any photograph that we have. In fact, these are relatively easy to obtain data; All modern mobile phones are now able to insert the exact geolocation in the metadata of photos, and applications like Google Photos use this information for curious functions such as the grouping of photos taken in the same place. However, this data can be easily deleted, and in fact, many applications and systems already “clean” the images of metadata before sharing them on social networks and messaging applications, precisely to prevent anyone from knowing where we were or , worse, where we were. we are.
This is where Geospy comes in, who uses AI to analyze the content of the images And determine the place where it was taken. To do this, the system is based on the details that appear in the photo, from some easily recognizable as buildings or monuments, up to other smaller details such as vegetation, the distance between buildings or the color of the 'asphalt.
One of the examples presented in Geospy's public demo shows a photo of a city; AI is able to recognize that the architecture of buildings and their density are characteristic of New York, and can recognize a famous building such as the One World Trade Center. On this basis, it marks the exact location on a Google Maps style card but which is based on OpenStreetMap, in addition to presenting latitude and longitude in which photography has been taken, data that can be exported for use.
According to sources of 404 mediaGeospy has become the favorite police tool, because it allows very little trained agents to obtain the location of suspects from the photographs they publish. The founder of Geospy confirmed last year that the company worked directly with the police, but could not provide more details.
Of course, there are already techniques to determine the location of a photo without needing its metadata; But only professionals and enthusiasts are able to execute them reliably. Geospy offers this functionality to everyone, and the potential is dangerous, as demonstrated by the stalkers who have requested access to the tool to find the woman they are pursuing. On the official Geospy Discord server, some users have even boasted of having won private investigator jobs so that They are paid “to harass people”. In response to the publication of these numbers, Geospy closed public tests of its application and, when writing this article, declares that it only authorizes “governments and police” to buy its service Pro.
