Mastodawn

#PSA: posting photos and videos of your kids online ensures they'll never be able to meaningfully opt out of privacy invasion.

80% of children have an online presence by age two, with parents sharing an average of 1,500 images before their fifth birthday. —2017, Northumbria University

By the age of 13, children have had an average of 1,300 photos and videos of themselves posted to social media by their parents. —2018, UK Children's Commissioner

#Privacy #DataPrivacy

Pretty sure that older millenials are the last generation to have that sort of privacy.

I even lost that one with some dumbasses taking pictures of a party we attended, and dumped on Facebook. No choice about it. Found after the fact.

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RootWyrm 🇺🇦

13h ago

@crankylinuxuser @alice late GenX as well. There's a reason I *immediately* raise hell if I even think somebody's taking pictures of me with very, very rare exceptions. Doesn't matter if they don't post them online - their phone backs up to iCloud or Google automatically, and both of those scan all images for facial recognition and tagging.

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clean air and privacy

@rootwyrm @crankylinuxuser @alice Can't say how relieved I am that others might also flip their shit for random teachers taking group (phone) photos of the kid's face on field trip--even with a full opt-out on file with the district.