Is there any pitfalls with using randomized filenames? I turn it on throw the schizos off my scent trying to dox me but I wonder if it has some hidden tradeoff I'm not aware off.
Is there any pitfalls with using randomized filenames...
Nathaniel Lee
Brandon Long
It causes AIDS
Jeremiah Ramirez
>I wonder if it has some hidden tradeoff I'm not aware off.
like what, retarded nigger? you think that its going to cause your computer to generate mustard gas?
Mason Hernandez
>use randomized filenames
>can't find files again
Jason Sanchez
Like for example, all my posts with an image have a unique unix timestamp.
Nolan Flores
As long as you're not retarded enough to post images with identifying metadata attached, I don't think anyone can dox you based off the weeaboo images you post on a Korean basket-weaving forum
Matthew Myers
I've seen programs that offer to remove the metadata. I think you could do that in a hex editor if you have absurd amounts of free time or are extra paranoid about a particular file
Michael Harris
As someone who used to work creating a DAM system that processed image and video metadata for a living, you could totally do that. The question is why you just wouldn't use one of the gorillean programs that already do this?
Many of them are open source, or if that isn't good enough for you, the three main metadata standards are open (EXIF, XMP, MIE) so you could just write a small program that parse these and blank out all the fields.
Jose Adams
Depends if you randomize it every time you post it or only once.
If you only randomize it once and then keep reposting the same image with the same name, people can easily search for it.
Connecting the dots between unique filename like "NdQ7ldAY1u6YkOB0.png" is a lot easier than "anime.png"
Brayden Wilson
The lack of metadata + unique unix timestamp is itself a metadata, just not in the way you are used to. I'm starting to think it's borderline impossible to avoid building a profile unless I outright stop posting images. I'd be happy to be proven wrong though.