Face-searching with ChatGPT's help uncovered 19 photos of herself online — and wrote the takedown letters
nikola_mr64990 · x · 2026-09-19
A user describes searching her face instead of her name and finding 19 photos of herself online — group shots, a badge photo, a directory thumbnail with her old phone number — on sites she never signed up for, when she thought only four existed.
The workflow: ChatGPT built the descriptions, she ran the hunt, and ChatGPT wrote the takedown letters. Her point: the uncomfortable part isn't the tool, it's how many copies of your face sit on pages you've never opened.
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