crumpets
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Joined: 11/5/2014 From: South Bay (SF & Silicon Valley) Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: J0K3ER what are you trying to say crumpets, is there any risk associated with uploading to file hosting websites There are multiple privacy risks, some of which are related to the upload, and others which are not related specifically to the upload. Unrelated to the upload itself is that all unencrypted web sites expose a glaring privacy breach, so, the first thing to consider when uploading is whether the image hosting site is encrypted. (Just look for the additional "s" in http). The second thing to consider (with all web sites) is that they SAVE your IP address (and other metadata,such as a quick visit to http://panopticlick.eff.org will reveal). So, the first rule of thumb is never use your own IP address! In addition, image-hosting web sites save the image meta data also, and often PUBLISH that meta data. What's in image meta data? Potentially a lot. Your EXIF information in a picture can pinpoint you down to the serial number of your camera and the GPS location of the mirror in your bathroom (almost literally). That EXIF data also reveals the original picture (even though you cropped out your grandma, there she is, in living color, STILL in your original picture!). So, in the worst case, you upload a picture that you took from your camera, which then makes all that information available for the world at large to see. That's fine for a picture of your dog, but, if it's a kink-related picture, that could be potentially embarrassing. There are many solutions, but the simplest solution, even when in the comfort of your own home, is to NEVER USE YOUR OWN IP ADDRESS when partaking in kink-related sites! Instead, use VPN or TOR or a VM or Tails or whatever floats your boat, but never log in or post ANYTHING of a kink-related nature to any site that doesn't encrypt the entire communication channel (always look for the "s" in the https) and never upload an image that you haven't stripped of metadata beforehand!
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