Security Warning for smart phones. Turn off GPS settings on camera.

[phill4paul]

Apparently, the location of your photos is embedded in the pictures and can be a security threat to your family.



http://kyeos.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/warning-if-you-take-photos-with-your-cell-phone/



WARNING!!!! If you take photos with your cell phone

“Warning” If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone—WATCH THIS!

This is truly alarming – please take the time to watch. At the end they’ll tell you how to set your phone so you don’t run this risk!

PLEASE PASS THIS INFO TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO TAKES PICTURES WITH THEIR CELL OR SMART PHONE AND POSTS THEM ONLINE.

I want everyone of you to watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends.

It’s REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!!

Too much technology out there these days so beware………..

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND TAKE THE RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONS.

If you have children or grandchildren you NEED to watch this. I had no idea this could happen from taking pictures on the blackberry or cell phone. It’s scary.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N2vARzvWxwY

[paulbot24]

Geotracking. It's automatically turned on for your convenience of course! Android has a little app called LBE Privacy Guard that you can install to remove not just the camera's ability to access the GPS, but you can change permissions for all your apps, including system apps. It might be difficult for the novice at first, but it's well worth the time to learn it if you insist on using a smartphone....

[specsaregood]

I wrote a bot sometime ago that trolled the internet looking for photos with gps cords tagged. Found some fun stuff.

edit: one of my favorites it found:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3098/2gvb.jpg

[TruckinMike]

I wonder when the revenuers are going to show up? Bet she has a fast car....


https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUaX6tdjH93ZsF7gouvdmAw_Wqa4JPh vmhg1TdjKgOWPkr7kEssAhttp://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMBrYJi1VdLrzWEnSTJ04Uxhv02lm7o 4dX3mqWPNGlj7FaoZNY
Go Granny Go!

[pcosmar]

edit: one of my favorites it found:

Could be an Aunt,, looks sort of familiar. :p

[phill4paul]

Could be an Aunt,, looks sort of familiar. :p

Lol. I had to do a double take because there is a striking resemblance to my mother. However, these days you would not catch her w/ a beer or shine. :eek:

[specsaregood]

I wonder when the revenuers are going to show up? Bet she has a fast car....


It is kinda scary, cuz one can take the gps cords plug it into google maps and get a picture of their front door, address and everything else. So yeah, something like that could happen I suppose.

[pcosmar]

It is kinda scary, cuz one can take the gps cords plug it into google maps and get a picture of their front door, address and everything else. So yeah, something like that could happen I suppose.


Yup,, my wife saw this on Facebook before I saw this thread,, we had just been talking about it..

Add in Prism, and it is a whole lot more nefarious. :(

[CPUd]

That's not a bad idea for an app. Have something running that scans every outbound photo and scrub the EXIF and other data.

[paulbot24]

Here is a tool for stripping/cleaning/removing all GPS, EXIF, etc metadata from JPG/JPEG/JFIF & PNG files. The image quality IS NOT AFFECTED. Just transfer your pics to your PC, clean and swap back. Windows only.

http://www.steelbytes.com/pics/screenshot_stripper.png

Download (http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=30&cmd=download&pid=15)

[specsaregood]

Apparently, the location of your photos is embedded in the pictures and can be a security threat to your family.


After reviewing tens of thousands of photos, The #1 thing that people take pictures with their phone with gps coords embedded are vehicles. The #2? Guns! I never would have suspected that gun photos would be nearly the most common type of photo on the internet with gps embedded in them.

[DamianTV]

Yeah, just wait until you hear about the Jekyll and Hyde Malware (http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/08/19/1526254/jekyll-test-attack-sneaks-through-apple-app-store-wreaks-havoc) for phones...

[eduardo89]

I wonder if you can remove the GPS chip from an iPhone. You'd obviously void any warranty, but I wonder if the phone will still work without it.

Anyway, even without GPS they can still track you using cell towers and wifi.

That's why the only way to get past this is either have no phone, or use a one without wifi or gps and registered using a fake ID (can't buy a simcard in Spain without ID) like I have been doing for the past year.