• Nangijala@feddit.dk
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    7 months ago

    I remember years ago someone in my class decided to make Russian look alike pictures of everyone in the class and post them as a gag on the doors. I forget what it was called, but several of my classmates were angry that the person had taken their pictures without consent and given them to some weird Russian picture algorithm.

    At this point in time, I have no doubt that all kinds of pictures and information regarding me is in the hands of people and companies I don’t care for. A lot of it is my own doing and some is out of my hands.

    It is hard to avoid when you don’t have any control over your own information because people share your pictures and your info without consulting you. All the time and without malice. It is what it is.

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      7 months ago

      Pff it’s easy
      Cut contact with all friends and family, get plastic surgery, live as a hermit in the mountains

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      7 months ago

      There’s stuff I could do, like remove tags from myself on fb (is that possible?) or delete my account, but it’s enough work and enough of a loss (what if I need to find an old contact) that I just ignore the problem.