Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by bosswipe 1381 days ago
Why is it creepy? The influencers already publicly posted their location and photo.
3 comments

It's not about the influencers. It's about the rest of us, and how pretty much anybody can do this sort of thing with anyone for any other purpose.

It's just another piece of evidence that we really are living in dystopian times.

If you don’t want your pictures to be seen, don’t post them. It’s really not that hard.
And the people in the background?
What makes an "influencer" less deserving of privacy in the dimensions they haven't shared? Furthermore, what makes someone an influencer, when this technique can be used on smaller accounts, too.
Not everyone on insta publishes where they took the photo or wants it to be known. But if someone with an AI watches every camera in the world, they could easily find lots of people.