base on Close-Circuit Telegram Vision revolutionizes location tracking with its open-source design and Telegram API integration. Offering precise tracking within 50-100 meters, users can monitor others in real-time for logistics or safety, redefining how we navigate our surroundings # CCTV Close-Circuit Telegram Vision revolutionizes location tracking with its open-source design and Telegram API integration. Offering precise tracking within 50-100 meters, users can monitor others in real-time for logistics or safety, redefining how we navigate our surroundings. PLEASE BE AWARED TELEGRAM STARTED BANNING ACCOUNTS FOR USING "FIND PEOPLE NEARBY" FEATURE # MAJOR NOTIFICATION Since September 6, 2024, Telegram disabled the people nearby feature hence our bot is not working anymore! Thank you everyone who was with us all that time.  Usage example: -------------- 1. Installation ``` git clone https://github.com/IvanGlinkin/CCTV.git cd CCTV pip install -r requirements.txt ``` 2. Registering Telegram creds ``` visit https://my.telegram.org/auth web-site input your phone number input the confirmation/login code follow "API development tools" link register the application get App's api_id, api_hash, title and name ``` 3. Settings<br> Upon first launch script will create `config.yaml` file and request all needed settings.<br> This settings can be manually changed later: ``` api_config: api_hash: *** api_id: 00000000 phone: "+123456789000" location: lat: 51.51404 lon: -0.15063 meters: 1200 misc: speed_kmh: 50 timesleep: 30 ``` 4. Launch ``` python3 start.py ``` 5. Read the data by opening ./reports-html/_combined_data.html Help message: ------------- ``` ██████╗██╗ ██████╗ ███████╗███████╗ ██████╗██╗██████╗ ██████╗██╗ ██╗██╗████████╗ ██╔════╝██║ ██╔═══██╗██╔════╝██╔════╝ ██╔════╝██║██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║ ██║██║╚══██╔══╝ ██║ ██║ ██║ ██║███████╗█████╗█████╗██║ ██║██████╔╝██║ ██║ ██║██║ ██║ ██║ ██║ ██║ ██║╚════██║██╔══╝╚════╝██║ ██║██╔══██╗██║ ██║ ██║██║ ██║ ╚██████╗███████╗╚██████╔╝███████║███████╗ ╚██████╗██║██║ ██║╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██║ ██║ ╚═════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ████████╗███████╗██╗ ███████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ █████╗ ███╗ ███╗ ██╗ ██╗██╗███████╗██╗ ██████╗ ███╗ ██╗ ╚══██╔══╝██╔════╝██║ ██╔════╝██╔════╝ ██╔══██╗██╔══██╗████╗ ████║ ██║ ██║██║██╔════╝██║██╔═══██╗████╗ ██║ ██║ █████╗ ██║ █████╗ ██║ ███╗██████╔╝███████║██╔████╔██║ ██║ ██║██║███████╗██║██║ ██║██╔██╗ ██║ ██║ ██╔══╝ ██║ ██╔══╝ ██║ ██║██╔══██╗██╔══██║██║╚██╔╝██║ ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║╚════██║██║██║ ██║██║╚██╗██║ ██║ ███████╗███████╗███████╗╚██████╔╝██║ ██║██║ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║ ╚████╔╝ ██║███████║██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║ ╚═╝ ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═╝╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═══╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═══╝ usage: start.py [-h] [-lat LATITUDE] [-long LONGITUDE] [-m METERS] [-t TIMESLEEP] [-s SPEED_KMH] [-tn TELEGRAM_NAME] [-ti TELEGRAM_API_ID] [-th TELEGRAM_API_HASH] Custom settings for script launch optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -lat LATITUDE, --latitude LATITUDE Latitude setting -long LONGITUDE, --longitude LONGITUDE Longitude setting -m METERS, --meters METERS Meters setting -t TIMESLEEP, --timesleep TIMESLEEP Timesleep setting -s SPEED_KMH, --speed_kmh SPEED_KMH Speed setting -tn TELEGRAM_NAME, --telegram_name TELEGRAM_NAME Telegram session name -ti TELEGRAM_API_ID, --telegram_api_id TELEGRAM_API_ID Telegram API ID -th TELEGRAM_API_HASH, --telegram_api_hash TELEGRAM_API_HASH Telegram API hash ``` Media mentions: (so many, just google it ["close-circuit telegram vision"](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22close-circuit+telegram+vision%22)) --------------- 1. English language: * https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7191073927949938688/ * https://www.404media.co/this-tool-shows-some-telegram-users-approximate-physical-location/ * https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/locations-of-telegram-users-are-now-easy-to-find/story * https://www.transforminggov.ca/taxonomy/1kd79926usd10/ * https://sector035.nl/articles/2024-18 * https://twitter.com/404mediaco/status/1787880234294951949 * https://twitter.com/hack_git/status/1786271191847539117 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV6E-bUYVSs * https://knowpy.com/be-careful-if-telegram-has-access-to-your-location-this-portal-reveals-your-position * https://www.gearrice.com/update/be-careful-with-this-telegram-function-a-tool-manages-to-track-our-location-if-we-have-it-activated/ 2. Russian language: * https://dzen.ru/b/ZjMjQrQIlkH8ypnH * https://tgstat.ru/channel/@infosec_globe/2642 * https://botiprobiva.org/cctv-api-dlya-otslezhivaniya-mestopolozheniya-v-telegram/ * https://istories.media/news/2024/05/07/vipusknik-universiteta-minoboroni-rf-razrabotal-instrument-kotorii-pozvolyaet-uznat-primernie-adresa-polzovatelei-telegrama/ * https://holod.media/2024/05/08/rossiiskii-khaker-razrabotal/ * https://vk.com/wall-225594201_181?ysclid=lvxhixzl7o951682138 * https://www.securitylab.ru/news/548052.php * https://meduza.io/news/2024/05/08/vypusknik-universiteta-minoborony-rf-sozdal-instrument-pokazyvayuschiy-primernoe-mestopolozhenie-polzovateley-telegram * https://t.me/exploitex/14680 * https://t.me/CyberStrikeNews/530 * https://hi-tech.mail.ru/news/109683-srochno-otklyuchite-etu-funkciyu-v-telegram-inache-vas-najdut/ * https://the-geek.ru/news/razrabotan-instrument-dlja-slezhki-za-polzovateljami-telegram?ysclid=lvxwoeu1te198960 * https://skynetzone.org/threads/cctv-novyj-instrument-dlja-slezhki-v-telegram.32700/ * https://www.iguides.ru/main/security/utilita_vychislyayushchaya_tochnoe_mestopolozhenie_polzovateley_telegram/ * https://www.mentoday.ru/life/news/08-05-2024/hakery-vyshli-na-novyi-uroven-oni-mogut-uznat-vashe-tochnoe-mestopolojenie-s-pomoshchyu-telegram/ * https://applespbevent.ru/k-funktsii-liudi-riadom-v-telegram-iest-bolshiie-voprosy-v-planie-konfidientsialnosti-polzovatieliei/ * https://xakep.ru/2024/05/08/close-circuit-telegram-vision/ * https://habr.com/ru/news/813209/ 3. Italian language: * https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/sorveglianza-o-funzionalita-di-telegram-cctv-e-il-nuovo-strumento-che-rintraccia-gli-utenti-in-tempo-reale/ 4. Spanish language: * https://www.adslzone.net/noticias/seguridad/telegram-acceso-ubicacion-posicion/ * https://www.xatakamovil.com/seguridad/cuidado-esta-funcion-telegram-herramienta-consigue-rastrear-nuestra-ubicacion-llevamos-activada Video example: -------------- [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jEiZS5pAc "Close-Curcuit Telegram Vision PoC") Banned by YouTube https://github.com/IvanGlinkin/media_support/raw/main/CCTV_Github.mp4 Screenshots: ------------    ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"9845","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"