Revealing Selfies. Not Like That.

Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Your selfies are sharing way more than your smiling face. They’re full of data. Which is being used by stores. And banks. And police. And, well, everyone.

This week, you sent us your photos. We gave them to data scientist Andreas Weigend, to see what he could deduce. A lot, it turns out. Date and time. Location, down to where in a building you were. Your name, education, employment history. Your hopes and dreams. Well, not quite. But close.

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0:00.0	How, how does he know my name?
0:03.6	How does he know my name?
0:06.1	But full name.
0:07.9	Holy shit sickles.
0:11.3	This is terrifying.
0:14.3	This is dire.
0:18.1	A time.
0:20.1	How do you find out the time a photo is taking?
0:23.5	A picture is worth a thousand words.
0:28.4	Try a picture could be worth your entire identity.
0:35.9	Hey everyone, and hi Lara.
0:38.6	It's Manouche Summerodi and Note to Self, the tech show about being human.
0:43.7	Is someone unnerving?
0:45.0	You got it exactly right.
0:47.4	That's really crazy.
0:48.8	And GPS coordinates.
0:51.9	This week, some brave listeners learn just how much can be figured out about them from
0:56.8	a single anonymous photo.
1:03.5	Look, sure, our phones have tapped into our more narcissistic impulses.
1:08.5	We all know that.
1:09.8	Taking photos of ourselves and our lunches and everything all the time and posting them
1:15.3	up into the ether.
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