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[email protected] : Could websites and data brokers track you with your profile pictures? (lemmy.world)
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I only just thought of this. I have the same cartoon-y profile pic from a foreign TV show on a bunch of my accounts, I wonder if its unique enough and worth tracking.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm blanking on specifics but I know I've seen a few examples of "dark web" criminals being narrowed in on by means of analyzing their writing styles and comparing them to other accounts. I want to say this played into Robert Ulbricht (the main guy behind the original Silk Road) being arrested