Posted on 10/25/2019 8:53:03 AM PDT by rktman
It's no secret that technology plays an important role in our lives. Almost every single aspect of our life is ruled by technology, from smart phones to computers and the internet. That's why it's not surprising to know that Google and Facebook are keeping tabs on gun owners' firearms.
According to The Firearms Blog (TFB), the two tech giants are scanning users' pictures to look for serial numbers. They're then creating an index of every person's firearms based on the image scans. If you've posted a picture of your firearm on a social networking site and didn't smear out the serial number, chances are it's indexed on Google images. Simply type in the serial number in quotes and search images. What comes up?
The guys at TFB went through their image library and found images of various firearms and silencers where the serial number is clearly visible. They then typed it into Google and viola! Every image from their website showed up in the image results.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
FR is the only social media I do.
Never post pictures of your guns, anywhere.
Guns are yucky.
rifles and pistols have serial numbers, who puts a serial number on their gun.
Most who post pictures of their weapons don’t do closeups.
And pretty much almost all of those pictures will pixel out before any details can be seen like the serial number.
Closeups of pistols with the number up are another thing.
But - posting to social media does allow somebody to add up what you have.
I quit putting firearms related stickers on my vehicles several years ago, I only discuss firearms with people I trust. In today’s world, there is no worthwhile reason to draw unnecessary attention.
What firearms?
Mine says "Welcome to Jamaica, have a nice day"...
Ye old martial arts proverbial wisdom states that
“weapons should be felt and not seen”
And as we know many weapons developed in the long ancient history of martial arts have a history of origination from farmers tools... because that was what the peasantry had on hand to fight with.
“Someone suggested I take pics of my guitars and post them. Uh, no. Besides which, where would I post them?”
The Gear Page. There are threads of people posting photos of their guitar rooms/man caves. I am skeptical like you, and would not advertise my holdings to strangers on the internet.
“FR is the only social media I do.
Never post pictures of your guns, anywhere.”
This^
...and keep your mouth shut in general.
My retirement job is selling guns, so I am wearing shirts with gun company logos frequently, but usually only to and from work.
I change when I get home.
I do have the second part of my tag line on my car, so I am already drawing attention.
Love that joke!
> I quit putting firearms related stickers on my vehicles several years ago <
A friend of mine likes to fish up in Canada. And the Canadian border folks would almost always pull him over for a little chat. My friend couldn’t understand why he was being singled out. Then it hit him. He had an NRA sticker on his back window.
So he removed the sticker. No more problems at the border.
It’s useful when you have an interchangeable barrel... ;-P
“Guns are yucky.”
The image that came to mind on reading that was you, tongue firmly lodged in one cheek, sitting on a sofa stuffed with guns you reported lost in an unfortunate boating accident.
You have been duly reported to social media as yet another right wing nut case. (Move over. You are hogging the sofa!)
They should be banned! Banned I tell ya! Nobody needs a .50 caliber to hunt them deer!
I had some but they all fell out of my boat.
Duh!
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