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ConfessPlease
11/27/18 2:26:18 AM
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Of the pic? Serious question..
Like where the pic was uploaded from etc..
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I4NRulez
11/27/18 2:26:46 AM
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if you took the picture personally and have your device set to save details
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Galcian
11/27/18 2:27:23 AM
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they could run it through tineye
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catboy0_0
11/27/18 2:27:44 AM
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there's meta data in the image that can be traced back to it's source. there are ways to remove that data though
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ConfessPlease
11/27/18 2:29:27 AM
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Lame wish there was an easy way I knew how.
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SpiralDrift
11/27/18 2:29:35 AM
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Even if they couldn't today, let's say because you ran it through some distortion filters or something, it will probably still be possible in the future. Basically there's no way to ensure anonymity anymore. Your best hope is that they won't care enough to bother.
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inloveanddeath0
11/27/18 2:30:15 AM
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There are backwards checks for images etc...
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catboy0_0
11/27/18 2:31:49 AM
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ConfessPlease posted...
Lame wish there was an easy way I knew how.

https://photographylife.com/how-to-delete-exif-data

2.1. How to Completely Remove EXIF Data

The easiest way to remove EXIF and XMP Data from an image without involving third party software is to either do it in Photoshop or in Lightroom. In Photoshop, simply go to File->Save for Web & Devices and make sure that Metadata is set to None:

Remove EXIF Data3

Once you save the file, all EXIF and XMP Data will be gone!
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SpiralDrift
11/27/18 2:44:12 AM
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I just did a quick experiment with tineye.

Original image, 64 matches:
y4WtKwn

Slightly modified, 35 matches:
MGQuh5W

Heavily modified, 0 matches:
n1NzL7u

It doesn't take much to significantly reduce the number of matches. It would probably be best to check multiple image search sites, though.
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Talks
11/27/18 2:58:00 AM
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4chinz automativally strips the exif data. its honestly pretty safe to post an image there. the biggest threat is probably a potential data breach where your post history would be tied to one user, then your picture would be tied to the post history. this actually happened on 2ch.
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YellowSUV
11/27/18 3:02:53 AM
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Watch out for the hacker known as 4chan.
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