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Note to Self

WNYC Studios

Self-improvement, Tech, Note, Npr, Education, Public, Wnyc, Manoush, York, To, New, Self, Radio, Business, Technology, Relationships, City, Society & Culture, Zomorodi, Newtechcity

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

We asked you guys to send us photos. Then we gave them to Andreas Weigend, veteran of Xerox Parc, former chief scientist at Amazon, to see what he could deduce. A lot, it turns out.

A little Google image search, a little metadata, and we can find where you are. Maybe who you are. What color phone you’re using to take the shot, and how many SIM cards you have.

Reading photos is more than a digital parlor trick. It’s the future of commerce, marketing, policing, lending, and basically everything else.

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For the next several weeks you'll hear the “Best of” Note to Self in your podcast feed. Our favorite episodes. Manoush will be working on some other projects, but Note to Self will be back before you know it with some changes and surprises. Keep in touch with her on Twitter, Instagram, and on her website.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manouche, the host of Note To Self, the show that looks at how technology is
0:05.3	changing our everyday lives.
0:07.9	Watch this space for new episodes coming soon, but right now you are about to hear one
0:12.3	of our most favorite episodes ever.
0:15.4	If you're hearing it for the first time, enjoy.
0:17.9	If you've heard it before, it might sound different with all the recent headlines about
0:23.3	privacy, data, and democracy.
0:25.9	There's a lot shifting right now.
0:28.3	Meanwhile, if you want to discuss further or just be in touch, you can always reach
0:32.6	me at Manouche Z, M-A-N-O-U-S-H-Z on Twitter or at Manouche Z dot com.
0:40.0	For now, thanks for listening.
0:42.2	How?
0:43.2	How does he know my name?
0:46.7	How does he know my name?
0:48.7	My full name.
0:50.7	Holy shitsickles.
0:52.7	This is Tear Mine.
0:57.5	This is...Dire.
1:00.2	A time.
1:02.2	How do you find out the time a photo is taking?
1:08.6	A picture is worth a thousand words.
1:10.9	Try a picture could be worth your entire identity.
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