What I do is to run the exiftool to strip all the metadata from the image. Next, I check if there are any identifying details in the image like landmarks or background details (e.g. stuff on my whiteboard). And finally I check for the unwanted reflections or for the setup that could be recognised outside the community I share the photo with. Last but not least, I never share a photo in more than one place.
Not at all. Here, my first ever face reveal.
I don’t upload photos anywhere public for this reason. For screenshots I just strip the exif data, and if it’s a screenshot that goes from edge to edge of a screen, I resize it so as to not give away info on the size of my screen. I also don’t share the same image in multiple places. If I have any kind of custom theming (fonts or colours) in a screenshot I also usually change it to something more generic, unless the point of the screenshot itself is to showcase the theming.
I used to be; I am becoming more and more complacent by the day. How can I motivate myself to get back on track?
Piss off a basement dweller who makes it his mission to find you in real life and destroy you. That’ll definitely ramp up your precautions again.
what’s the last step do for you?
if you upload the same pic here and to linkedin people can connect your lemmy account to your linkedin account, for instance. tineye.com is as example of a tool that does this well
Why would I ever upload a photo of myself, my home, my place of work, or anyone I know to a public website?
