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    GPS in cameras and phones creates privacy issue | Video | 7online.com

  • #2
    Good grief!!!..glad I have a rubbish phone which doesn't even take piccies !!

    Tis certainly worth peeps looking in to- thanks for letting us know!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

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    • #3
      I just sold a blackberry smartphone on ebay. Hated the damned thing and upgraded as quickly as poss to a Nokia.

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      • #4
        Anyone who ever posted a pic online that was taken with a smartphone would be well advised to follow that link and watch that video.

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        • #5
          I'll be checking what phones my granddaughters have, thanks very much.
          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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          • #6
            I have to say I got suddenly sceptical, so I had a quick look and unfortunately, it's all true.
            Found the exif data for another pic that was online, complete with gps latitude and longitude.
            so errr...if there's an option to turn it off, turn it off

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            • #7
              As far as I know, my camera doesn't have that technology, and I'm sure my phone isn't a smartphone, but unless you post your photos in the wrong place, it isn't going to be an issue anyway. The article mentions Twitter, anyone know whether it happens on facebook as well?
              Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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              • #8
                OMG! Really? If I post a pic of a cake I baked or some seeds I'm growing, someone could find out where I live and come and murder me in my bed??? Goodness, I'll throw my phone in the bin right now
                I was feeling part of the scenery
                I walked right out of the machinery
                My heart going boom boom boom
                "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                I've come to take you home."

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                • #9
                  It's certainly something to be aware of if you have a single device that takes pictures and has GPS. However, there are a number of programs both free and paid for that can manipulate EXIF data.

                  In fact in Windows7 if you right click on a pic, select "Properties" and then "Details" you can edit some of the EXIF data.
                  There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
                    I just sold a blackberry smartphone on ebay. Hated the damned thing and upgraded as quickly as poss to a Nokia.
                    I have one from work which I really hate. Fortunately for all this security stuff I have absolutly no idea how to transfer any photos off my phone so not a problem. I do however have a perfectly good camera which is nice and easy to use without all the added risks

                    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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