I Don't want to sound negative about your post, there are many valid concerns you raise. But its nearly impossible to not leave a digital footprint somewhere. I mean your credit history and social security administrations have been hacked and have left users vulnerable to fraud and identity theft. This is NOT a photo sharing site, its not intended to allow others to view your images. Could Amazon Have a security Breech? Sure.... but so can Equifax, and your local bank, and the DMV, and The Social Security Admin. The list goes on and on.

Valid concern, but you cant totally protect yourself from criminals all the time. Use of common Sense is definitely in order when doing ANYTHING on the internet.

-Gary

Okay, if you know about this, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be redundant, BUT...………

Did you know that if you're an Amazon Prime Member, Amazon provides UNLIMITED Cloud Full Res Photo Storage. I Just dumped over 2,000 NEF files to their cloud. You have limitations on Videos (and probably regular Data Files) But unlimited Photos. I Cant believe it. I Wish I knew about this before the California Wildfires that destroyed my NAS system and every photo I ever took in my life.

Anyhow, I've been a prime member for nearly a year now and never knew of this. Check it out if you're a Prime member.

-Gary

I posted this as a a new topic last week. A lady responded that it was not appropriate about photography.

I was surprised when I saw this article. Just think --photos we have on the internet can
be data mined to create information for marketing or whatever it can be used for.
Facebook, photo websites, stored photos etc. I have 70 videos on Vimeo.
I have become very annoyed that information on us is being distributed for money.
Recently medical information. A family photo now can be detected for information.
Where you are. Ages of people. Where you go or vacation. We all know that
if you go online look at camera or anything you get emails and pop ups etc.

https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/what-can-you-tell-from-photo-exif-data/
Tomcat5133

If we store a lot of imagery or videos online they can be revealing personal information.
I have my work and family on my Mac photos desktop. My wife posts on facebook often.
On my beautiful granddaughters 12th bday I created a video for her. A comment from a foreign
country raved about my granddaughters looks.
Your buying a house and the financial mortgager gets information about your family where they go
how they dress what you house looks like. A picture of a daughter can be IDed for location.
Before you think I am paranoid. I was in FL for 3 years just back in PA. Shot video and stills for high end
ballet academy. I was getting hits from all over the world by voyeurs. My client ran a stretching class video young girl students . She got thousand of hits. She seemed naive to what was happening.

If any of the members feel this post is not relevant let me know. I shall kill it.