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[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee 29 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This isn't stupid. To me, this is yet another potential tool to erode privacy.

Even if it's right only half of the time, that might be enough to reasonably guess your location based on image uploads, particularly if you have uploaded more than one image, or a video.