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How secure is uploading photos?
Michael Durisseau, Photographer, Assistant
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Santa Fe/Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 10:36 AM on 03.02.11 |
| ->> I got wind this morning of a possible security issue with uploading photos. Seems some that might do harm can use the geotagging info from your photos to locate you. I'm not sure, though that's absolutely true, depending on the site your photos are on. For example, I know that Facebook strips the metadata regarding copyright, etc. when uploading, but does it remove the geotagging info? What about other sites like Twitter? Flickr and Picasa brag about the fact that photos can be geotagged... |
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Juerg Schreiter, Photographer
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Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 3:48 PM on 03.02.11 |
| ->> ..Why? are you on the run from America's most wanted ? :-) |
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Jim Comeau, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 4:20 PM on 03.02.11 |
| ->> Does your camera have a GPS? Most issues I've heard of are regarding cell phone pictures, since most smartphones have a GPS and many of them are defaulted to geotagging. |
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Keith Crowley, Photographer
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Hudson | WI | USA | Posted: 6:06 PM on 03.02.11 |
->> I believe Adam from Mythbusters got into some hot water by taking pictures of his car, which was sitting in his driveway, and posting to the Discovery web site without stripping the geo tags. Suddenly everyone knew where he lived and he started getting unwanted visitors. Like Jim said, I'm pretty sure it's a smartphone thing.
Come to think of it, maybe I should make sure my teenager's phones have geotagging turned ON. |
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Jim Comeau, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 6:36 PM on 03.02.11 |
->> Yeah, that's a huge concern. People are uploading so many pictures to twitter and if you regularly post your office shenanigan pictures or photos of the dinner you make every night, people can get a pretty good idea of where you work and/or live.
I'm not paranoid when it comes to internet privacy and such, but having read the The Bodyguard is getting remade with social networking and stalking playing a big part of the plot, it definitely got me thinking.
People should be responsible for their actions, like willingly posting their addresses on their SS page or Facebook for whatever reason they may please. However, geotagging is often a hidden feature people aren't aware of AND it's often the default. That's where my concern lies. |
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