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As the Internet Gets Scarier, More Parents Keep Their Kids’ Photos Offline (getpocket.com)

submitted 7 months ago by tuckerm@supermeter.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Here's a non-paywalled link to an article published in the Washington Post a few days ago. It's great to see this kind of thing getting some mainstream attention. Young children have not made an informed decision about whether they want their photos posted online.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Everyone loses data once before they understand how important backups are.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

If only that happening once was enough to learn from our mistakes.

[–] rar@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For some of my acquaintances, uploading to facebook or sending them through whatsapp counts as backing up their pictures.

[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Yep. They don't understand the down sampling.