Avatar Photos, Can Someone Find Out Your Name and Address From Them?


  1. Bigfoot
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    Avatar Photos, Can Someone Find Out Your Name and Address From Them?


    Someone claimed that just by searching someone's profile or avatar photo, they could get the person's full name, address and other information. I don't believe this, so I thought I'd ask the folks here.

    Can you get all this personal info just from having a profile pic or avatar?
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  3. z3r010
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    Our upload system kills off exif data so there is nothing to worry about here, however most pictures taken with modern cameras and phones will contain gps data of were the picture was taken, but that is about all that can be found out.
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  4. Bigfoot
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    Thank you z3r010. They were saying that they could take any avatar from any forum and find your location, etc. I was hoping this wasn't true, not one to share my last name and address freely on the web.
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  6. Pathfinder
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    z3r010 said:
    Our upload system kills off exif data so there is nothing to worry about here, however most pictures taken with modern cameras and phones will contain gps data of were the picture was taken, but that is about all that can be found out.
    peace of mind. very good mate
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