Imagine you are a popular content creator on PixelFed, many followers, but many stalkers also. You don’t want people to know where you live. One day you post a picture of the sun out of your window. Exact time is attached in metadata. Assuming GPS metadata is stripped, can someone, using inclination of the sun to the horizon, Nautical Almanac and some math calculate your latitude and/or longitude, and to what precision? Assuming also meteorological data archives on cloudiness, etc.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    They can get a good idea, but more likely they will use other things in the background like trees and buildings.