Posted on 01/17/2021 5:02:40 PM PST by McGruff
Selfie-snapping Capitol rioters left investigators a treasure trove of evidence — at least 140,000 pictures and videos taken during the deadly Jan. 6 siege, according to federal prosecutors.
Startling images quickly emerged of the siege, with many making no attempts to disguise their involvement — like bare-chested "QAnon Shaman" Jake Angeli, who was quickly IDed thanks to his horned bearskin headdress with red, white and blue face paint.
One of the first inside, Douglas Jensen, allegedly said he wanted to make sure the world saw his QAnon shirt so that "‘Q’ could ‘get the credit’" for the siege, according to officials.
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Some new cameras have GPS chips built into them to record that meta data. However, a lot can be done when you have the pictures on your computer, provided it’s not in an area that is automatically shared.
If you do want to send a picture to a place like Walgreens to get it printed out, you can always bring it on a memory card instead of transmitting it over the Internet.
Also, if you are using Windows 10, if you right click on a photo (.jpg, .png, etc.) and go to the details tab, it will have a list of all the meta data stored with that photo. There’s a link at the bottom of the window that will allow you to strip personally identifiable metadata. I’m sure there are other programs you can download which can automate stripping metadata off of image files.
Sometimes the data can be useful. I have an older Nikon D5100 that doesn’t have GPS or WIFI capability on it, but records the camera settings (shutter speed, aperture, etc.) used when the picture was taken.
“Also, if you are using Windows 10, if you right click on a photo (.jpg, .png, etc.) and go to the details tab, it will have a list of all the meta data stored with that photo.”
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You can also take a gander with online applications, like this site. You can either give the online address of an image to analyze for metadata or upload a pic from your device.
https://getpmd.iptc.org/getiptcpmd.html
If you run the image of Mona Lisa at the image address below through that site, you’ll see the Gettysburg Address in the metadata.
https://s2.gifyu.com/images/mona-lisa.jpg
Very true. If you are using modern technology, you are already giving up a large amount of information. Your phone collects and uploads data, your modern car keeps track of speed, throttle, and brake states in a black box. What you watch on streaming services is collected and analyzed.
Your medical records, in spite of HIPAA, can be depersonalized and used for statistical and demographics analysis. Your use of a club card at a big box store or grocery store tracks your purchases.
I think strong privacy protections should be part of a future MAGA platform. Start educating people what they are giving up by using these technologies and at least let people give up their personal data with informed consent.
The EU recently established the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which puts more restrictions on what companies can do with personal data. Something like a digital bill of rights would probably be a winning issue here.
..... The FBI will probably have a trail of about 20,000,000 selfie loving Rioter’s pictures after Wednesday LOL.
“The point is, how did they legally get that many pictures legally. I don’t believe they did obtain them legally. Not that the law matters any more.”
My non techie wife probably came up with the answer of how they got those pictures.
She noted that I have a service that automatically saves my photos for free, and she has a different “free” service.
So all the FBI or who ever wanted these photos, had to do was check with these photo storage companies with the time frames and gps of the Capitol building area.
To stay in business these pic storage companies would let the FBI or who/whatever have the photos.
I am very pessimistic on this—I do not believe that any combinations of laws, rule, regulations, restrictions can put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Hackers, criminal organizations, and rogue government agencies (from countries all over the world) could still get access to the data.
Thieves and other bad actors within traditional organizations could still obtain the information and sell it on the black market.
Antifa/BLM types could still find a way to get the data.
One reason I am so cynical is I have a relative who can hack into _anything_. He laughs at all the claims of data security. Folks like my relative will always be ten steps ahead of the “official” claims of privacy if they choose to go there.
Hackers are highly motivated, super smart, and super nimble.
Large organizations are mired in bureaucracy and are slow to react to threats.
I don’t trust _anyone_ who claims to have produced a product that assures privacy—even if _they_ don’t know their statement is false.
AI and facial recognition make mistakes - and so do online researchers.
‘Needs to Stop:’ Internet Users Misidentify Retired Chicago Firefighter as Riot Suspect
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/needs-to-stop-internet-users-misidentify-retired-chicago-firefighter-as-riot-suspect/2417255/
I’ll bet this is why bank robbers don’t take selfies, much less post them on Facebook.
I always wondered why they don’t do that. /sarc.
“So all the FBI or who ever wanted these photos, had to do was check with these photo storage companies with the time frames and gps of the Capitol building area.”
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Or the FBI could just download them from Twitter, Facebook, Parler, etc., where the people who took the pics and videos posted them to share their brilliant escapades with the world.
Thank you for a clear concise explanation.
Thank you.
I agree. A professor I had many years back believed we would always be playing catch-up to malicious actors with regard to data security. 24/7, while we sleep or tend to other needs, there are people actively trying to find exploits or breach data systems.
Sure we can patch software and system vulnerabilities, but usually that’s done after someone announces an exploit.
So the leftist fbi is now going to use lawfare against thousands for peacefully protesting all the while leaving antifa alone after they rioted and burned cities.
We live in a criminal state.
JoMa
Seems like maybe 100 or more people got inside but most just wandered through and didn’t cause any trouble. However, they were not authorized to be there.
Andrew McCabe, former FBI ahole, was put in charge of the investigation. Right there, that’s suspicious.
I think the whole thing was an assassination attempt gone awry against the Saudi prince, who was known to stay at the Four Seasons (the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay).
Here is a list of people that were arrested. I’d be willing to bet that the worst of these are not trump supporters, for the most part.
I wouldn't put it past them. But they'll be disappointed with my iPhone. I've never taken a photo with it since I've had it, and have no reason to. I don't even use the email on it, and certainly don't do my banking on it. No TV, games, or anything. It's a phone, and that's all I use it for.
Don’t trespass. Good standard rule
( unless you’re a kid ). Hee hee
I wonder if the ex knows that if he loses his retirement, she also loses...
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