The "Sharenting" Audit

We are creating permanent digital footprints for children before they can consent. It is time for parents to audit their sharing habits.

Section 1: The Archive

"Sharenting"—the overuse of social media by parents to share content based on their children—creates a massive, searchable archive. By the time a child turns 13, there are often thousands of photos of them online, tagged by name and location. This data is permanent.

Section 2: The School Radius

The "First Day of School" photo is a classic risk. Parents post a photo of their child in front of the school sign (location) or wearing a uniform (identifiable institution). Combined with the embedded geotags in the image file, this data allows anyone to pinpoint exactly where a child is for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.

Section 3: The Facial Recognition Database

Every clear photo of a child's face feeds the training datasets of facial recognition algorithms. We are effectively opting our children into a global surveillance grid without their permission. The only defense is obfuscation.

Section 4: The Shield

Parents need a new workflow. Before posting to the family group chat or social media, images must be processed.

A privacy focused image editor allows you to apply a subtle blur to faces (thwarting AI recognition) and strip all location data (protecting physical safety). It is a digital shield that allows you to share the memory while protecting the subject.