Now's a good time for a glimpse of my mountain post-fire damage. Two fires, actually: the upper left is still recovering from December, and the rest is from recent burning. (Screencapped the original photo, for those getting all antsy about Alfred, but if you find me, and visit, give me 4 hours notice to bake something nice!)

@MLClark

does screencapping help confuse geolocation, then?

@holon42

A lot of photos carry extra information in the metadata. That can definitely make geolocation easier for many search algorithms!

@MLClark

yes, i know and keep mine OFF, but J indicated that none of that data was necessary, just the photo, so i was wondering whether somehow screencapping further hid the location.

it would be handy.

@holon42

At some point it really won't matter, because the sheer volume of data online to match location will always leap ahead of defenses.

For maximal safety, a good full scrub of personal data is probably best.

I don't ever share photos of *other* people's homes, but I have enough to worry about simply from local stalkers not to be as worried about abstract threats.

(Unless they want to come over for tea! Then I need baking preferences in advance!)

@MLClark @holon42
The *good* news is that coso automatically scrubs meta/exif data from all images posted to the platform.
So in Alfred's case that information is not available to him.

@stueytheround @MLClark

yes, i know, but i thought J indicated that the metadata was unnecessary. just the photo is sufficient?

have i misunderstood and become paranoid needlessly 😱🤣🤣🤣

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@holon42 you are correct J did state that no metadata is used it's just based on the picture

@stueytheround @MLClark

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