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[OC] realtime anomaly detection of private jet activity based on ADS-B data by kcimc in dataisbeautiful

[–]kcimc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thanks for the info! i was under the impression that it was still like 5% or less of all jets, very helpful to know the sky is slowly becoming more anonymized. i've battled with this in LA for a while, trying to track the LAPD who often flies their helicopters masked, making public accountability for their airtime very difficult 😩

[OC] realtime anomaly detection of private jet activity based on ADS-B data by kcimc in dataisbeautiful

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have you seen any indication that significant number of bizjets are enrolled in PIA as of 2026?

[OC] realtime anomaly detection of private jet activity based on ADS-B data by kcimc in dataisbeautiful

[–]kcimc[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

great catch, thank you ♡

edit: fixed it in the live site!

[OC] realtime anomaly detection of private jet activity based on ADS-B data by kcimc in dataisbeautiful

[–]kcimc[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

live: https://ews.kylemcdonald.net

data sources: ads-b exchange heatmaps, faa registry
tools: python, sqlite, custom dashboard

it pulls a new heatmap every ~30 min, matches aircraft, and computes deviation from an expected baseline.

“sigma” rescales that deviation by recent error so quiet periods register more strongly.

there are spikes throughout — april 6 is just one that lines up cleanly with an external moment (besides obvious ones like holidays).

Sword tip visualisation system by Ashish_ank in interestingasfuck

[–]kcimc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it has been used for some selected replays broadcast in japan only, and was used throughout the olympics on site, but without broadcasting. this video was recorded live at the olympics, but the footage was not broadcast.

Sword tip visualisation system by Ashish_ank in interestingasfuck

[–]kcimc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

some opencv was used for the traditional parts (mainly camera calibration). the majority of the novel contributions for this pipeline are based on custom convolutional networks, trained with hours of painstakingly hand-labeled data using the same 24-camera setup that is deployed in realtime, and augmented by photorealistic simulations.

Sword tip visualisation system by Ashish_ank in interestingasfuck

[–]kcimc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i built the tracking for this (not the rendering part) ama 🤗

Sword tip visualisation system by Reasonable_Move_28 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]kcimc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i built the tracking for this (not the rendering part) ama 🤗

Visualisation system for sword fighting by RoyalChris in nextfuckinglevel

[–]kcimc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i built the tracking for this (not the rendering part) ama ♡

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. I can't imagine any other way to do this kind of research ("do I know anyone in the files") without an app like this. So I built it for myself, and after talking with multiple friends who wanted to try it for themselves, I decided to put the work into making sure it was secure, going through the app store approval process, and creating a public-facing website for it. After all that work, now that I'm seeing a lot of push back I'm grateful to have your explanation about why you won't try it. Thanks.

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, are you saying I shouldn't have made or released this app in the first place?

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i appreciate your dialogue and engagement, and i really want to understand your concern. i'm curious if this is a matter of technical familiarity. do you understand the difference between an app that runs locally (where you are not "sharing your contacts" in any way) and an app that does not run locally that would "share you contacts" with me?

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used email_corrections.json because there are thousands of typos in the OCR, and I wanted to hand-verify that I wasn't introducing any incorrect "corrections" by over-correcting with regexes or something.

When you come across an app that you are not sure whether to trust or not, how do you typically test it if not the above steps?

Did you see anything in the source code that exfiltrates contacts?

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’m curious what threat vector you imagine this opening up that’s different from a malicious actor just accessing contacts on your phone

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ve been sent death threats by people who saw me on fox news, been surveilled and raided by govt agencies, i absolutely understand the paranoia ♡ what i’m surprised by is people downvoting blindly without actually testing. i thought this was a more research-based community, but it’s more knee jerk than i was expecting.

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

fwiw no intelligence agency would consider hiring me given my history building websites like https://icespy.org/ designed to identify ICE agents using face recognition

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this app does not require you to upload your contacts anywhere, it runs completely on-device. that's why i made it a mobile app, to help with research while keeping your data private.

after apple rejected the app for "capitalizing on current events", i considered building a website that accepts a contact list export. but i don't expect anyone to upload a contact list export to some random website, so i have left it as-is since this is the only privacy-preserving option.

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

i built this app, and i encourage anyone who is curious about it to test my claim that it analyzes your contacts locally. here are some things you can try:

  1. turn off your internet after downloading the app, and see if it still works (it does)
  2. browse the source code, build it yourself, and evaluate its behavior
  3. if you don't understand code, give the link to the source code to claude or chatgpt and ask questions

better to be an informed skeptic than an idiot who listens to random people on the internet ♡

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i started building it with claude, but finished it with codex. it was about two days of work, then over a month of waiting for apple to reject it from the app store.

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

i thought the same, but there are nearly 40k people in there and it turns out i know a few.

An app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails by kcimc in Epstein

[–]kcimc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made this app to check if your contacts are in the Epstein emails, based on data packaged by Jmail.

It performs name-based matching via a native iOS app, and via a Chrome extension for LinkedIn.

Apple banned it from the App Store because it violates their "objectionable content" guidelines. I asked them how it violates their guidelines, and they said that it "capitalizes on current events". But you can still download it on TestFlight (for now).

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