Monday, August 16, 2010

Don't get robbed because of photos you post online

Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live

digital cameras.

It turns out that if you post photos from a cellphone most of them now have geotags that show (to a hacker or person who knows about them) the lattitude and longitude of exactly where the photo was taken. So, if you are displaying online your home or place of work or anyplace you don't want burgled etc. when you aren't there then don't post photos from a GPS enabled phone or camera that is GPS enabled.

To read the news article about the problem click on "Web photos" above. To read about which digital cameras that also have geotags click on "digital cameras" above.

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