Privacy@Lemmy.ml: Could websites and data brokers track you with your profile pictures?
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Privacy@Lemmy.ml: Could websites and data brokers track you with your profile pictures?

I only just thought of this. I have the same cartoon-y profile pic from a foreign TV show on a bunch of my accounts, I wonder if its unique enough and worth tracking.

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I think about that sort of thing every time I upload any image at all, just out of inherent paranoia. A profile pic would most likely be one of the first things people check if for some reason they wanted to find other accounts you might have.

I don’t think “data brokers” are quite at the level of sophistication where they’re automatically doing that to everyone, but with AI they’ll probably get there soon.

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