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Sharing photos has the potential to reveal a lot of personal information, even if you're careful with removing metadata

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  1. joplin
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    This cracks me up. My spouse is on Facebook. The other day she showed me a picture where another user I don't know was showing off something they had knit. I cracked up because in the picture, in...

    This cracks me up. My spouse is on Facebook. The other day she showed me a picture where another user I don't know was showing off something they had knit. I cracked up because in the picture, in addition to the thing they were knitting, was a rollator, a box of diapers, a bottle of prescription meds that was clearly readable, a TV remote with the brand showing, and more. I was like, "Wow, I feel like I know more about this person than I ever wanted to!" All without any metadata. It's easy to miss what kind of data you're revealing when you upload an otherwise innocuous image to the internet.

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