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!)
does screencapping help confuse geolocation, then?
A lot of photos carry extra information in the metadata. That can definitely make geolocation easier for many search algorithms!
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.
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!)
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Also all Alfred's pic geolocation stuff is public so nothing is done via DM - followers only or unlisted
which means if I upload a pic only way for someone else to use Alfred to geolocate is public which means I'll see it being done - we can all visit Alfred's posts & replies to view all geolocated posts anytime we want - even if the original post asking for Alfred to geolocate something is deleted Alfred's reply won't be ๐
thanks for the information, good to know. exactly what i would anticipate here๐๐ผ๐๐ฝโ๐ฝ
i was wondering in general, however, out there in what passes for the "real" world. does eliminating metadata make any difference?