Ladies please remember to turn off Location Services/GPS when taking pic/Selfies

[Fiddy]

By default many smartphones and digital cameras record data meta tags (Geo tags) in a file format called EXIF. Finding the GPS coordinates is as easy as downloading the image and uploading the image into any photo editor that supports reading the EXIF metadata.

This means the GPS coordinates for the location the picture was taken is part of the file. This information can be used to locate an SP's incall location or private residence in any mapping software that supports search GPS coordinates.

You could inadvertently provide your location to hackers, stalkers, and dangerous criminals. It's a serious mistake. It's a problem that's easily solved by disabling the location services/GPS services on your phone or camera before taking pics/selfies for your ad.

Twitter automatically removes geo tags from images. You cannot rely on all of the third parties to remove geo tags for you. You're better off to disable the GPS in your phone or camera to make sure GPS data is not being recorded with any of your pictures.

Here's a great website ladies can read that covers a lot of different privacy issues that can impact their businesses and personal privacy.

https://www.lifewire.com/remove-geotags-from-pictures-taken-with-your-iphone-2487322

 

[Boing]

Good find Fiddy.

 

[papasmerf]

well there goes my weekend

 

[Leo]

well there goes my weekend

:shout:

 

[God]

EACE:

 

[Warl0ck]

Fiddy is referring to what is known as "Exif Data". It's the metadata that exists in digital photographs. If you leave your GPS on, you can see where the photo was taken. Sites like Facebook and Twitter strip out this information because they compress the picture. Other sites do not. To test your own photos go to exifdata.com and upload the photo. If you want to scare yourself, turn on your GPS, take a pic, upload it and copy the GPS coordinates into Google Maps. Tada, you'll see where you are. So can everyone else. But it stems beyond just GPS coordinates. It tells me time, date, and type of device you used. While that information may seen innocuous, it's not. If I see you took a photo on an Android phone and I can attempt to hack you with the "stagefright" vulnerability. Google it and read about it if you have a minute. Android's biggest issues are the multitude of vendors that use it on their phones. Many phones remained un-patched and are open to exploits.

 

[User-E]

Fiddy is referring to what is known as "Exif Data". It's the metadata that exists in digital photographs. If you leave your GPS on, you can see where the photo was taken. Sites like Facebook and Twitter strip out this information because they compress the picture. Other sites do not. To test your own photos go to exifdata.com and upload the photo. If you want to scare yourself, turn on your GPS, take a pic, upload it and copy the GPS coordinates into Google Maps. Tada, you'll see where you are. So can everyone else. But it stems beyond just GPS coordinates. It tells me time, date, and type of device you used. While that information may seen innocuous, it's not. If I see you took a photo on an Android phone and I can attempt to hack you with the "stagefright" vulnerability. Google it and read about it if you have a minute. Android's biggest issues are the multitude of vendors that use it on their phones. Many phones remained un-patched and are open to exploits.

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