[Cialug] Security issue with geotagging your photos

Tom Pohl tom at tcpconsulting.com
Tue Mar 1 21:43:00 CST 2011


This one was put together by a couple interesting guys:
http://icanstalku.com/

-Tom

On Mar 1, 2011, at 9:39 PM, jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:

> ah, nevermind...looks like someone finally paid attention at least in this case!
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 9:38 PM, jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://pleaserobme.com/
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> This may seem obvious to you but believe me, it's not obvious to everyone.
> 
> When you enable geotagging of your photos on your smartphone it may give strangers the ability to know exactly where you (and your kids or friends) like to hang out. You may want to consider disabling it by default.
> 
> http://www.cybersalt.org/general-news/smartphone-pictures-pose-privacy-risks
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