SI service Raven finds a specific house from a single interior photo, and US police are buying it
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One photo of a room can now reveal where a person lives, giving a new tool both to police and to stalkers.
According to a 404 Media investigation, Graylark Technologies (the product's earlier name was GeoSpy) has released Raven, which matches interior details in a photo against listings on Airbnb, Zillow and Vrbo and identifies a specific property. The Los Angeles Police Department and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office bought access. Company head Daniel Heinen said that on "bathroom selfies" the city is identified correctly in nine cases out of ten; the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said it used the tool in a limited way and it has not led to arrests. 404 Media recalls that the public version was shut down after its January 2025 investigation into stalking of women, and notes possible violations of the source sites' rules in collecting data.
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