I remember an anecdote a while ago about a cameraphone being stolen. It turned out that the service included a helpful backup feature - every now and then, new photographs were automatically uploaded to the user's directory on a central fileserver. A few days after the theft, the thief took a picture of himself and his family outside their house...
Andrew
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> There is no way anyone can protect themselves from determined idiocy.
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> On 13 Aug 2010, at 09:48, Ibrahim Hasan wrote:
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> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Web-Photos-That-Reveal-nytimes-
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> Security experts and privacy advocates have recently begun
> warning about the potential dangers of geotags, which are embedded in
> photos and videos taken with GPS-equipped smartphones and digital
> cameras
> <http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=12k3qst18/**http%3A//gadgetwise.blogs.nyti
> mes.com/2010/07/28/why-dont-more-cameras-offer-gps/> . Because the
> location data is not visible to the casual viewer, the concern is that
> many people may not realize it is there; and they could be compromising
> their privacy, if not their safety, when they post geotagged media
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