For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. It's GeoGuesser at scale.
Part of me is in amazement we have technology like this.
Then I’m reminded that it’s often used for very shitty purposes. Wooo, now photo backup services, social media, and (extremely dedicated) social media stalkers have your location data without any geotagging done by the user.
How long before some creepy incel tracks down one of those twitch streamers using tech like this?
Yeah, with this I’m rethinking launching an educational video channel, and will probably end up just sharing my info via blog (are blogs even still a thing?)
Which is disappointing, honestly, because the info lends itself to a video medium, but… meh. My safety is a lot more important than sharing info.
I feel for anyone out there who already has easy-to-locate pics out there… and I hope the people in their lives tell them about this so they can do what makes them comfortable.
Part of me is in amazement we have technology like this.
Then I’m reminded that it’s often used for very shitty purposes. Wooo, now photo backup services, social media, and (extremely dedicated) social media stalkers have your location data without any geotagging done by the user.
How long before some creepy incel tracks down one of those twitch streamers using tech like this?
Yeah, with this I’m rethinking launching an educational video channel, and will probably end up just sharing my info via blog (are blogs even still a thing?)
Which is disappointing, honestly, because the info lends itself to a video medium, but… meh. My safety is a lot more important than sharing info.
I feel for anyone out there who already has easy-to-locate pics out there… and I hope the people in their lives tell them about this so they can do what makes them comfortable.