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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.
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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.
Classified · M
@MethDozer Well obviously I'm not gonna explain how I do it here, but it also allows you to access the uploaded picture, not just the thumbnail, even if it is in a private album.
MethDozer · M
@Classified No, it's just that a profile picture isn't a private photo anymore. As nuno explained.
Classified · M
@MethDozer Yes I understand that part, but for many people this is shocking. So it is better for me to explain and let people know the profile picture is less private than they know.
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!!