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Posted online where though? I'm sure this is the fear, but the perceived risk surely outweighs the actual risk. It's not like there would be zero repercussion

Posted online where though? I'm sure this is the fear, but the perceived risk surely outweighs the actual risk. It's not like there would be zero repercussions for posting nude beach pics on mainstream social media, and anywhere else (niche, personal website, porn forums/sites) means almost nobody you ever know would ever see pics of you au naturel. Ever. But, yes, I agree this is the fundamental (even if I think irrational) fear.

boomboomsubban 4y ago
Judging from the online ads I've seen, seeing naked people from your area is quite popular. I don't think it's likely anyone you're close to would see the pics, but it's not hard to imagine someone you kind of know from someplace like work seeing them.
mywittyname 4y ago
> almost nobody you ever know would ever see pics I have to imagine that we are not far from a popular public facial search engine. Send a picture from FB or LI and it will show you these pictures. We have the technology, and it's a tool available to governments and large businesses already. It's not a leap to assume this will be a normal product that people use in the next 5 years.
- ghaff 4y ago
  I don't know the timeframe but I wouldn't bet against databases that, given one or more tagged photos of someone, would be able to identify all sorts of online content.
  - checkyoursudo 4y ago
    Able to, for sure, but to what end? Will people be doing this a lot? Why? Anyway, will there be no public outcry? Will these things not be shut down immediately by politicians who suddenly find they've been filmed at nude beaches and now all the world can see?
    - ghaff 4y ago
      >Why? Idle curiosity. Stalking. Digging up dirt. >Will these things not be shut down immediately Putting technological genies back in bottles is very difficult especially when there are very legitimate uses. Automated photo tagging is already a thing in something like Lightroom and some photo sharing sites and it's quite useful.
- checkyoursudo 4y ago
  Maybe, but use this product to do what? See if there's an off chance that someone had a nude pic from a beach or college party or something? So I take a picture and run it through this public facial search engine, then what am I hoping to find? Super-embarrassing pictures that I can use to destroy my archnemesis? Become more obsessed with the object of my unrequited love? Would people pay for this product? I guess I still wonder at the risk level even in this hypothetical. What are the chances that I successfully find a nude beach pic of someone that I am looking for, or for someone intentionally to find one of me? I still suspect that the probability is incredibly small. I mean, I don't care if there are nude beaches or not. People can do what they want. I just don't see the risk.

boomboomsubban 4y ago

Judging from the online ads I've seen, seeing naked people from your area is quite popular. I don't think it's likely anyone you're close to would see the pics, but it's not hard to imagine someone you kind of know from someplace like work seeing them.

mywittyname 4y ago

> almost nobody you ever know would ever see pics I have to imagine that we are not far from a popular public facial search engine. Send a picture from FB or LI and it will show you these pictures. We have the technology, and it's a tool available to governments and large businesses already. It's not a leap to assume this will be a normal product that people use in the next 5 years.

ghaff 4y ago
I don't know the timeframe but I wouldn't bet against databases that, given one or more tagged photos of someone, would be able to identify all sorts of online content.
- checkyoursudo 4y ago
  Able to, for sure, but to what end? Will people be doing this a lot? Why? Anyway, will there be no public outcry? Will these things not be shut down immediately by politicians who suddenly find they've been filmed at nude beaches and now all the world can see?
  - ghaff 4y ago
    >Why? Idle curiosity. Stalking. Digging up dirt. >Will these things not be shut down immediately Putting technological genies back in bottles is very difficult especially when there are very legitimate uses. Automated photo tagging is already a thing in something like Lightroom and some photo sharing sites and it's quite useful.
checkyoursudo 4y ago
Maybe, but use this product to do what? See if there's an off chance that someone had a nude pic from a beach or college party or something? So I take a picture and run it through this public facial search engine, then what am I hoping to find? Super-embarrassing pictures that I can use to destroy my archnemesis? Become more obsessed with the object of my unrequited love? Would people pay for this product? I guess I still wonder at the risk level even in this hypothetical. What are the chances that I successfully find a nude beach pic of someone that I am looking for, or for someone intentionally to find one of me? I still suspect that the probability is incredibly small. I mean, I don't care if there are nude beaches or not. People can do what they want. I just don't see the risk.