No this is not a hoax, this is very real.
If you have GPS enabled and the posting process you use embeds the location in its EXIF then yes this information will be posted. And as we all know with sites like FaceBook there is, really, no such thing as true, effective, privacy of data posted there. You might find that what ever service you post your image up to will by default strip the EXIF data out or minimalise it (like with pBase's images) or it may be that the program you use to upload does much the same (ie lightroom has a "minimalise EXIF" option on its export and upload functions). One thing to note is that different GPS/Cameras work differently indoors. As GPS satellite signals can't penetrate very well once you walk indoors (or even under heavy tree cover (and in fact even sometimes under really heavy cloud cover)) your GPS loses the signal. Some cameras just continue to tag all the images you took as being at the last known GPS lock, other cameras will tag the location as "unknown". Personally I think this is a very useful function but something that should be disabled by default. I shoot with DSLR's which are, both fortunately and unfortunately, at this point built in GPS free so to gain this function I need to carry a separate GPS unit and then link the time data on the image to the time/location data on the GPS's log. But I certainly would not want this function by default and as yet have not used this with any uploaded images. From: Adrian Skehan <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: wamug <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 09:08:50 +0800 To: wamug <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: GPS in cameras and phones creates privacy issue I tried what they say in this clip on photos taken on my iPhone but cant get the same result. Is it possible or is it a hoax? http://abclocal.go.com:80/wabc/video?id=7621105 Regards, Adrian ________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> ________________ [email protected] Mark Secker (Ba. Bus. IS/IP, ECU) Teaching Facilities Administrator Business School IT Services The University of Western Australia - CRICOS provider number 00126G M261 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009 Phone 6488 1855, Fax 6488 1055, -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
