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❗ Don't crop a risky picture for your profile picture ❗

The admins announced that when you chose a profile picture, you can then crop it to decide which part you want to show as a profile picture. See https://similarworlds.com/groups/admin-announcements/4031725-Crop-Profile-Picture-Hi-Similar-Worlds-Id-like-to

Now the problem is, there exists a trick where another user can get a hold of the [u]original uncropped picture[/u].

So please don't use an image for your profile picture which displays things you don't want others to see. For example even if you crop off your face to remain anonymous, there are users who can use the trick to see your face then.

There are probably lots of Sweeps who know how to do this trick, because I learned about it from a post years back.

If you crop it manually before you add it to SW, then there is no problem.

UPDATE: It's not a trick anymore. It is a feature. You can now click the picture on someone's profile to see the original one.
Nuno · Admin
Yes - the picture uploaded is added to the album, just like before. The "Crop" feature is just to select the area for the thumbnail and profile picture.

This is just as it was before, except that before, SW used to "choose" which area to be cropped, while now we allow users to choose so.
@Nuno well, its what the new cropping feature does... It enables you to enlarge a focused section of a picture.

(admittedly, Ive not tried this feature you're offering, as a I crop before I upload, I'm just curious to understand)
Nuno · Admin
@OogieBoogie If you set the image as the profile picture, then both the thumbnail/small image and the original/big image become public, independently from which album it is.
@Nuno ah... Thankyou for clearing that up... Makes sense😊👍
adorbz · 26-30, F
Super important PSA! 👀
Classified · M
@adorbz Thank you. 😄
Keepitsimple · 51-55, F
Good to know that. People should crop their surroundings out of pics also if it’s a nude.
Classified · M
@Keepitsimple Yes, those are very good things not have on the profile picture.
But crop it before you put it on SW and not if you are already selecting it as your profile picture.
SW-User
Totally read this title as a warning not to have a titty or genital close up as profile picture 🤣🤣
Classified · M
@HootyTheNightOwl You've tied me up to a chair numerous times and I'm still not. How is a newspaper gonna change that then? 👀
@Classified Because I didn't boink you into it before??? 🤔
Classified · M
@HootyTheNightOwl No that had nothing to do with it. 👀
Magenta · F
Even if we don't crop it via SW, people can still see the larger version. I think this going to be a detriment for many using their real photo now.
Magenta · F
@JerseyGal Indeed. Aw it's a shame. 💟
98% of my avi photos are me. I will be very careful now.
JerseyGal · 51-55, F
@Magenta
I definitely will be more cautious. I won't even have much as far as personal photos in albums to be viewed. ✨
Classified · M
@Magenta That's true that even if you crop it before uploading, people can still see the large cropped variant. The only solution against that is to upload a small picture.
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Classified · M
@SW-User That is always smart on every site.
marsbar · F
Yes, you’re right. I had a student once that told me this, that he could uncover an entire cropped photo & see anyone else in the photo.
Classified · M
@marsbar I'm sure there will never be one. 😅
marsbar · F
@Classified I hope not!
Classified · M
@marsbar Me too 🥺
GeorgeTBH · 31-35, M
😯 damn not like i am going to change my picture anyways lol
GeorgeTBH · 31-35, M
@Classified if you do you do lol
Classified · M
@GeorgeTBH Sure thing. 😋
GeorgeTBH · 31-35, M
Any pose I give seems risky...not my fault! 👻
Classified · M
@Vivaci And I give up to find any meaning in it. 😅
Good! 😆@Classified
that happens... Everywhere
Classified · M
@Aislinn Not me personally, I never posted selfies publicly
@Classified smart that you did that
Classified · M
@Aislinn I'm always assuming that someone can have bad intentions with them if I post such things publicly.
SW-User
how about if you crop it and delete the original?? Having only an avatar ,J/C
Classified · M
@SW-User The avatar always uses the picture in your album. The SW cropping is just selecting a part which you want to be seen as your avatar. 🤔
SW-User
@Classified I thought I had to upload an image /pfp but Nuno said they'll both be in a public album..so a SWeeP can delete the larger original
Classified · M
@SW-User If you upload a picture as a pfp it will be automatically placed in an album. Your pfp uses that picture in your album. If that picture wasn't cropped before you uploaded it, other people can see the uncropped version with a trick.
Lilymoon · F
Oh wow...I didn't know that. Thank you.
Classified · M
@Lilymoon Yes, check Nuno's reply too.
Lilymoon · F
@Classified Ok.. TY 👍
Classified · M
@Lilymoon You're welcome
For anyone who doubts... yes, this is possible... I've done it myself - and no, I won't explain how I did it.
Classified · M
@HootyTheNightOwl Yup it's pretty easy.
Well warned, Classi!!! People need to be aware of this possibility.
Classified · M
@HootyTheNightOwl And thank you for commenting so that more people could see it in their feed. 😄
Thank you for this. This is pretty important for user’s safety.
Classified · M
@DarkHeaven You're welcome
Viper · M
Read this PSA people!
Classified · M
@Viper Thank you
Viper · M
Seriously, read this!

@Classified no thank you, it's a great message and something I didn't know about.
Classified · M
@Viper It's been possible for years. After the cropping update it still works.
JerseyGal · 51-55, F
Thank you for the info! 👌
Classified · M
@JerseyGal You're welcome
SW-User
Classified · M
@SW-User So what is this and am I supposed to ask you to remove this from my post? 👀
Thanks for this.
Classified · M
@OogieBoogie You're welcome.
MethDozer · M
That's not really hack. It's just looking at uploaded images in the their photo album. This is every social media site really. You upload a photo and when you set your profile picture you frame it into an avatar square.


This isn't a hack at all.
MethDozer · M
@Classified Okie Dobie then. It's a "hack"...
Classified · M
@MethDozer Even if it is not a hack in the technical sense, to the people who think the thumbnail is the only part you can see from their profile picture it will feel as a hack.
MethDozer · M
@Classified Okie dokie!!
tenente · 100+, M
Admins: "Crop your profile photos it's not harmful trust us"
SWers: [i](reads[/i] @Classified [i]post about uploading risky photos)[/i]
Classified · M
@tenente I don't think they said anything about the safety tbf. 😅

 
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