i'm just wonering if copying the pic: does it copy the exif data aswell?
if not then just never publish the original pic, if yes you may resort
to make pix of your valuable items on a different place
James
On 08/02/2011, at 9:44, Mark Secker wrote:
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
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