New Orleans attacker filmed visits to city weeks earlier, wore Meta smart glasses during attack
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The attacker wore the glasses to record video as he rode a bicycle through the French Quarter during a trip prior to the Bourbon Street attack, the FBI said Sunday. The glasses were not recording during the actual incident.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    That was really super smart of him because people would definitely notice someone with their phone out taking video in the French Quarter.

    Certainly worth the $300+.

    But then I guess bicycle safety first…

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      113·
      4 months ago

      It literally just made it easier to pinpoint/digital fingerprint him, technically, because he’s the unusual device in a sea of normal devices.

      This is like how network security monitoring uses heuristics to look for unusual patterns and then alerts an admin.

      These guys really do think they’re in a spy movie, don’t they? Except they actually know nothing about modern spycraft, which requires a deep technical knowledge of computing/networks to be able to hide your digital tracks.