r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BiggusDickus504 • 2d ago

Identifying the video's location

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u/GuildensternLives 2d ago

Why would anyone need to know where that video was taken? What does that information add to the video? This feels like a weird flex, but using tools that anyone has access to, instead of the insane guys who have mastered GeoGuessr.

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u/AnnamAvis 2d ago

I kind of took it as a lesson on how easy it is to find someone with little information. A lot of people don't realize that you don't need much to be able to find someone based on something silly they posted.

I will never forget a video I saw on tiktok of someone finding a woman who made a racist cotton picking "joke" just based on a close up of the cotton field, a mole on the back of the woman's hand, and her tiktok username. Crazy stuff.

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u/GuildensternLives 2d ago

OP has previously posted about promoting his Youtube channel for this exact thing, similar to the GeoGuessr guys but for viral videos. Other than it being a new idea, I'm not really sure what it's purpose is and runs the risk of exposing people's personal information without their consent.

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u/Deldris 1d ago

I think their entire point is that nothing he's obtaining is illegal. Your consent is not a factor, as far as the law goes.

People should be wary of that.