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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Created by a TAX RETURN - Link to similar comics- (privacy and naked stick figures) and possibly news stories about how information was accidentally leaked by photos; . Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
| − | It is generally a bad idea to give out personal information | + | [[Cueball]] is complaining about how much tax paperwork he has to do on social media. He posts a picture of all his tax documents. Tax documents will usually contain many specific and important personal information in a very small area, like your social security number, address, income etc. |
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| + | Given the saying ''{{w|A picture is worth a thousand words}}'', a picture of this information-dense tax return is the most efficient way to leak personal information short of sending out the actual return. He obviously didn't do this for the purpose of giving out personal information, but just to share how much work he had to do before {{w|Tax Day (United States)|Tax Day}}. It directly says in the caption that by posting this picture he accidentally discovered that this was the most efficient way to leak your personal information. Since the caption is usually taken to be by [[Randall]], he indicates that he actually did this in real life, but this is almost certainly not the case. | ||
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| + | It is generally a bad idea to give out your personal information online as they can be used in any kind of on-line (or off-line) fraud, by people pretending to be you or even using your login to gain access to your bank or other private matters. | ||
Lots of people take photos of themselves, others, and objects around them, and post them in public and semi-public places, often without fully thinking about the kinds of personal information they might be accidentally including. Even if they do examine the photo for personal information and conclude the photo is safe to post, information they think is innocuous might end up being meaningful to someone else, possibly in combination with other public information they might have gathered about a person. | Lots of people take photos of themselves, others, and objects around them, and post them in public and semi-public places, often without fully thinking about the kinds of personal information they might be accidentally including. Even if they do examine the photo for personal information and conclude the photo is safe to post, information they think is innocuous might end up being meaningful to someone else, possibly in combination with other public information they might have gathered about a person. | ||
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One example of a photo revealing more than was expected is when the Washington Post [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/09/tsa_master_keys.html posted a picture of the TSA master keys]. The photo was detailed enough that people were able to create and 3D print their own working keys. | One example of a photo revealing more than was expected is when the Washington Post [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/09/tsa_master_keys.html posted a picture of the TSA master keys]. The photo was detailed enough that people were able to create and 3D print their own working keys. | ||
| − | The title text further adds to the issues. First, it explains the picture was {{w|Geotagging|geotagged}}, which means anyone could easily find Cueball's home. Next, it also says his {{w|password manager}} was on his laptop screen, unlocked and presumably showing many of his passwords, usernames, and other information needed to log in to his accounts (such as email, banking sites, social media sites, etc.), thus allowing anyone to easily get in. Finally, the title text suggests Cueball's naked body was reflected off the laptop screen, and inadvertently included in the picture. Thus the people wishing to use his information can now potentially | + | The title text further adds to the issues. First, it explains the picture was {{w|Geotagging|geotagged}}, which means anyone could easily find Cueball's home. Next, it also says his {{w|password manager}} was on his laptop screen, unlocked and presumably showing many of his passwords, usernames, and other information needed to log in to his accounts (such as email, banking sites, social media sites, etc.), thus allowing anyone to easily get in. Finally, the title text suggests Cueball's naked body was reflected off the laptop screen, and inadvertently included in the picture. Thus the people wishing to use his information can now potentially black mail him with this nude picture as well on top of anything else. |
| − | With [[Stick figure|xkcd's stick figures]] it's usually impossible to tell if they are clothed or naked, but now that we know Cueball is naked in this one it may make this strip {{w|NSFW}}. Thus consider yourself warned. The nakedness of xkcd stick figures have been mentioned before | + | With [[Stick figure|xkcd's stick figures]] it's usually impossible to tell if they are clothed or naked, but now that we know Cueball is naked in this one it may make this strip {{w|NSFW}}. Thus consider yourself warned. The nakedness of xkcd stick figures have been mentioned before for instance in the third strip of [[566: Matrix Revisited]] and in [[864: Flying Cars]] Megan is pictures topless. |
| − | Having a picture of oneself naked on the internet, without your own intent or | + | Having a picture of oneself naked on the internet, without your own intent or concent, is also generally a bad idea, as many young people (kids) find out when they snap chat a nude picture to a boy/girl friend, who then takes a screen shot of the cell phone, preventing it from being snapped away later. And when they then fall out of love it might be shared on-line, which although illegal happens a lot, and cause harm to both the victim, and the offender, who often will be too young or inexperienced to realize they can get in jail for this as it can be considered child pornography if the nude person is underage. |
| − | + | Filing tax papers is topical as April is the tax season in the United States, with this year's {{w|Tax Day (United States)|Tax Day}} falling on April 17, 2018, less than two weeks after the release of this comic. It was also the topic of the comic [[1971: Personal Data]] which was released just two weeks before this comic. | |
| − | + | Also, [http://theconversation.com/why-the-uk-tax-year-begins-on-april-6-its-a-very-strange-tale-57247 April 6 is the start of the tax year in the UK], which was the day this comic was released. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball hold his smartphone in both hands and takes a picture of his desk which has several sheets of paper (with unreadable text) lying around on it, hanging out over the edge of the table and also on top of his laptop standing on it. A more than half empty glass of water stands behind the laptop. The shutter sound is shown with small dots around it to indicate the picture is just being taken now.] |
:Phone: Click | :Phone: Click | ||
:[A smaller frame is inside the main frame to the right. It shows Cueball now typing on his phone. Above the frame a "speech" box goes outside the smaller frame but points with a jagged arrow towards the phone. Inside this box Cueball's message is displayed. At the bottom two typical social media buttons are shown, the left of them is grayed out, with gray text inside a thin gray line, the right button has dark text on a dark gray background with a solid black line around, probably to indicate that Cueball has pushed this right button at this very moment.] | :[A smaller frame is inside the main frame to the right. It shows Cueball now typing on his phone. Above the frame a "speech" box goes outside the smaller frame but points with a jagged arrow towards the phone. Inside this box Cueball's message is displayed. At the bottom two typical social media buttons are shown, the left of them is grayed out, with gray text inside a thin gray line, the right button has dark text on a dark gray background with a solid black line around, probably to indicate that Cueball has pushed this right button at this very moment.] | ||
:Ugh, check out how much tax paperwork I have to do. | :Ugh, check out how much tax paperwork I have to do. | ||
| − | :<span style="color:gray">Cancel</span> | + | :<span style="color:gray">Cancel</span> Post |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
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[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] | ||
[[Category:Smartphones]] | [[Category:Smartphones]] | ||
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