Image Compression & Privacy: Why You Shouldn't Upload Private Photos to Online Tools

Every day, millions of people drag photos into online compression tools without thinking about where those images actually go. The answer, for most popular tools, is: to someone else's server. For generic photos this may be acceptable. For private images, it's a risk worth understanding. Your image is uploaded via HTTPS to the tool's servers (or a third-party CDN) The image is processed by their algorithm on their hardware The compressed result is returned to your browser for download The ori...