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03-03-2011, 12:14 PM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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Not sure if this has been posted already but none the less, it should be brought up again. This was sent to me by a friend yesterday. There are all kinds of messed up people out there and for the sake of your loved ones and especially your kids, please watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY |
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03-03-2011, 12:55 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, WA
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Well yes this is a risk but I really hate the alarmist way the news is presented, which is why I don't watch the news anymore. They had no reason to bring their cameras over to that lady's house unannounced and harass her. Turn off the geodata on your phone and be careful about who your "friends" are on facebook also limit who can actually see your pictures. Finally here is a video on how to strip meta data from your pictures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQqD0XULptk |
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03-03-2011, 01:08 PM
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| Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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03-03-2011, 01:15 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: a house
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03-03-2011, 01:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Vancouver, WA
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woah that is pretty terrifying and you're right I don't have much reason to be concerned about this right now (no kids, no smartphone). I just wish the news could present information in a way to emphasize importance without being alarmist. You notice they spent almost no time explaining how to deactivate the geodata. Please be smart about technology there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Here are specific instructions to turn off geotagging for photos on the iphone: http://www.thoughtshots.com/2010/07/...n-your-photos/ Last edited by forbid89; 03-03-2011 at 01:21 PM. |
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03-03-2011, 01:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Nor Cal
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Really scary for parents
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03-03-2011, 02:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ohio
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I heard about some new snoop apps out there that are being marketed toward people who think their significant other is cheating. You load the app on their phone and can basically track them from a computer, receiving e-mails of their texts and call logs, as well as instant GPS location. I see bad things in the future with stuff like that. |
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03-03-2011, 06:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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Ive always wondered about having the Google Locater always on in order to run some apps. It also runs when no apps are running. Makes me feel kinda vulnerable.... I really dont send that many pics straight from my phone to the net. They usually all end up tampered with on the pc before they see the web. And its not like just anyone can right click on a photo & do this, according to the report. You have to know what software to have & where to get it in order to convert the file info. It is crazy to think this could happen, kids or no kids. But I do think the media exasserbated it a bit much. And people thought big brother watching was bad....what until the public catches up with technology. |
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03-03-2011, 06:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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The best way around this is to either, as the video says, turn off tracking on your phone, or load these images to only Private folders... | |
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03-03-2011, 08:09 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cincinnati
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Android phones will let you turn off gps stamping on pics.
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