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by londons_explore 1242 days ago
> loading images of your kids ... to a random web service

I used to worry about that... but then someone pointed out to me that there are pretty much no stories of anyone being hurt by that.

Worst case, those images leak all over the web... And then what? The internet is already filled with pictures of people and children, yours won't stand out. The photos aren't tagged by name, and even if they were, few people care about obama as a 5 year old pirate [1], so why would they care about your child?

Overall, the risk of personal harm from a data leak seems really small - so I put my efforts elsewhere, like making sure my child gets to spend more time with me - that's infinitely more valuable.

[1]: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/ter...