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You're from Estonia, right?",[42,52,53],{},"....whaaat?",[42,55,56],{},"Where are you from?",[42,58,59],{},"Estonia",[42,61,62],{},"See! God knows you!",[42,64,65],{},"....",[28,67,68],{},"So, basically, a random believer, whom I had never met, in a city of 9 million, knew my nationality, because God speaks to him, apparently. And He could speak to me, too, if only...",[28,70,71],{},"I had no identifying marks on my person, nor did I mention any clues to my nationality in our previous, short, philosophical conversation.\nHow do you 'suppose that came to happen? I was caught off guard and accepted the religious, free book (but did not promise anything).",[28,73,74],{},[34,75],{"alt":76,"src":77},"Godly book","\u002Fcontent\u002F2017\u002Fgod-book.jpg",[28,79,80],{},"However, I am a hacker and I like interesting problems. So, I watched the man, as he went about his business. Funny thing, he was standing in the middle of a very busy street, with lots of potential non-believers, waiting to be converted, but he was looking at his phone 95% of the time.",[28,82,83],{},"What interesting messages from The All Mighty was this device delivering to him?",[28,85,86,87,94,95,100],{},"Let me introduce the reader to the fabulous world of ",[88,89,93],"a",{"href":90,"rel":91},"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOpen-source_intelligence",[92],"nofollow","Open Source Intelligence",".\nChances are, the Interwebs are full with public data about you. Try it: enter your details to ",[88,96,99],{"href":97,"rel":98},"https:\u002F\u002Fpipl.com",[92],"pipl.com"," - chances are, you have an online presence. I certainly do, as my chosen profession requires it.",[28,102,103],{},"So, my theories:",[39,105,106,115,118],{},[42,107,108,109,114],{},"He had a partner, who, perhaps, a couple of hundred feet before him, took pictures of strangers and tried to ",[88,110,113],{"href":111,"rel":112},"https:\u002F\u002Ftineye.com\u002F",[92],"reverse-image-search"," passerby's. Then, having successfully identified someone and found a public fact about them, he forwarded the details and image to his accomplish, who was ready to stop the pictured individual, armed with this fact.",[42,116,117],{},"Same, as (1), but the accomplish (or he) used advanced radio intelligence: I had Bluetooth turned on and was Roaming. Perhaps there's a geolocation-aware Bluetooth MAC address database or the 4G radio protocol leaks the Roamer's country of origin.",[42,119,120],{},"I did indeed have a Tell, which I was not aware of and the Believer was good at reading people \u002F social engineering. This does not explain the phone-time, however.",[28,122,123],{},"Religion does indeed develop with technology. Perhaps there's a handy ConverterApp.",[28,125,126],{},"Have you encountered this tactic beforehand? Do you have any theories on how he could have OSI-d me (quickly)?",[28,128,129],{},[130,131,132],"em",{},"Update (2017-10-24): As suggested by commentators, my leading theory is identifying English accent from my part. However, this does not explain why he was so engaged with his phone.",[28,134,135],{},[130,136,137],{},"(This is not intended to be offensive about religion as a concept, in particular. I am a bit crossed about this specific tactic of conversion as I don't like to be social engineered \u002F OSI-d.)",[28,139,140,141,146],{},"Originally published ",[88,142,145],{"href":143,"rel":144},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FSQrooted\u002Fposts\u002F1608919172462876?pnref=story",[92],"in Facebook",".",{"title":148,"searchDepth":149,"depth":149,"links":150},"",2,[],"Personal",null,"2017-10-20","md",{},"\u002F2017\u002Fgod-knows-me","about 2 minutes",{"title":23,"description":30},"2017\u002Fgod-knows-me","Apparently, followers of Him have mystic powers in determining facts about me",503,"-Vd3sYRHvRY9YhtkK_ZvINJSrMkemP6nUXcJoi_XKPw",[164,168],{"title":165,"path":166,"stem":167,"children":-1},"Girlfriend Puzzle","\u002F2017\u002Fgirlfriend-puzzle","2017\u002Fgirlfriend-puzzle",{"title":169,"path":170,"stem":171,"children":-1},"DockerCon 17","\u002F2017\u002Fdockercon-17","2017\u002Fdockercon-17",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":173},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"m12 19l-7-7l7-7m7 7H5\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":175},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M5 12h14m-7-7l7 7l-7 7\"\u002F>",1790886931543]