Dangers of Geo-Tagging Photo's
Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 13:37
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Member - Doug T (NT)
I had a file sent to me from a friend in
Brisbane, while the results of Geo-Data from Iphones and other Smart Phones may not be a concern to us (old) blokes it points out the hidden dangers for women.
The file is a 1.8MB pdf.
View file
HERE
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Reply By: Wokwon - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 14:37
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 14:37
Thats a good read and why I never use social networking sites.
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Follow Up By: fisho64 - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 17:15
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 17:15
Isnt this a social networking site? :-)
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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 15:33
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 15:33
Yes interesting and explains why on ExplorOz, we have added the function for Members using EOTrackMe to set Geofencing around any position they wish to protect, such as Home, Friends, Work even larger areas like a suburb so that when travelling you aren't really being watched with that level of scrutiny. Also, unlike the major social networking sites mentioned in this article, ExplorOz is a little niche community - and why even though we allow open content update (ie. user genereated updates to
forum,
places, trek note feedback etc) we get a neglibable amount of spam attacks and rubbish from odd people. As Mr Howard once said, be alert not alarmed!
MM
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Follow Up By: Member - Michael P (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 18:46
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 18:46
Crikey Michille,
Me think theres a few odd ones here too.
Mike
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Follow Up By: Member - Michael P (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 18:48
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 18:48
Oops sorry about the spelling.(maybe a bit odd?)
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Reply By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 15:38
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 15:38
Yes a very dangeraous thing to do but then the teenagers put their phone numbers and all on Facebook..
How stupid can they be.
Tell them nothing take them nowhere is my idea of staying private.
Not only unsafe for women but
young ones as
well.
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Follow Up By: Muntoo - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 17:54
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 17:54
Yeah thas right.
I dont think anyone who uses Facebook cares, as they constantly update to tell the world everything they do in a day. Where they are, where there going, for how long, etc etc. Its pathetic, even how drunk they are most of the time.
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 19:25
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 19:25
Doug, some Malware tried to get into my PC from when I downloaded that file.
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Follow Up By: Member - Graham H (QLD) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 19:59
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 19:59
None on
mine but got 2 different errors from Adobe Reader 9
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 21:09
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 21:09
No bugs, Lice, Fleas, crabs or cockroaches in my PC, must be in your settings .
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Follow Up By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 23:48
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 at 23:48
Yeah, it was weird Doug. The PDF only downloaded the first page, the rest were blank. I was then looking at a website that was supposed to resemble the screen when I select "My Computer" and it showed 5 viruses and a pop-up that suggested I should click on it to clean the PC.
Well, I didn't and backed out and ran a virus check and everything was clean.
Beats me.
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Reply By: Rockape - Friday, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:22
Friday, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:22
Doug,
piece on tv this morning about arsewipes sending letters to the families of Aussie troops saying they had been injured.
Home addresses were tracked through photos they had posted on the net.
Have a good Xmas
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