Pictures on your phone ?

[Handley_Page]

PLEASE WATCH THIS AND FIX YOUR SETTINGS LIKE IT TELLS YOU AT THE LAST SO THE PICTURES ARE SAFE!!!
This is how the FBI and etc have been able to track criminals. Didn't know the software was available to all. Some of you probably know about this, but pass it along anyway.
"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.
Click link below.....
"http://www.youtube.com/embed/N2vARzvWxwY?rel=0"

 

[annanova]

This has been going around for a while that I'm aware of. In fact, when the fella handed me my phone last year the first thing I did was check all the settings and turned off the whatsit that attaches locations to my pictures.

Now to get my sister to convince her idiot mother-in-law to do the same....

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yeah, no problem here. My cell phone is just that, a cell phone, not a picture taking, locator beacon, watching tv, text sending, sometimes a phone.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Yeah, no problem here. My cell phone is just that, a cell phone, not a picture taking, locator beacon, watching tv, text sending, sometimes a phone.

Exactly. My phone makes calls
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/SDC11271.jpg

 

[RoyceConnors]

I refuse to own a cell phone just for those reasons. I hate the intrusion on privacy and I truly don't need to be in constant contact with the world. Leave a message on the home phone and I'll get back to you, lol.

 

[jomar]

Exactly. My phone makes calls

I saw that phone in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

 

[driphoney]

Yeah, no problem here. My cell phone is just that, a cell phone, not a picture taking, locator beacon, watching tv, text sending, sometimes a phone.

Party pooper! :caning:

 

[TE999]

If Big Bro is so damn interested in my phone pics he's welcome to them.

 

[sr71plt]

No photo phone and I only keep the one I have in the trunk of my car for roadside emergencies. I don't feel a loss.

 

[TxRad]

I have an old Razor with everything but the phone turned off for work. Once I get home, it goes in a draw with the battery out until I go back to work. Track that.

 

[Tyro999]

I'm safe. I have never had a cell phone and have no intention of ever having one. [Or any of the other types of mobile toys that are all the rage these days.]

I'm retired, hitting my allotted three-score and ten in September, and a homebody happy with my desktop computer and cable internet/TV/phone subscription. The only thing a cell phone would do for me is make my frail and wasting-away body a prime target for my local mugger [a cottage industry in the DC Metro area. ]

 

[StrangeLife]

This is no sinister NSA-ploy or some other nefarious big brother scheme. Geotagging is actually a very useful feature that has existed for as long as we have had GPS-enabled phones and cameras. When sorting and organising pictures it's a great help to have them tagged with time and place.

That being said its of course always a good idea to learn how to operate the various features of ones phone, including how to turn off tagging. Though I believe it's turned off as default on most phones since constant use of the GPS is a major drain on the battery.

Alternatively it's a simple task to remove tags from a photo before uploading it.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Exactly. My phone makes calls
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/theegoatpig/SDC11271.jpg

Yep that's it. I tried to get my old bag phone to work on someone's network, but since everyone has gone digital, it won't. Oh well.

 

[glynndah]

Here's what snopes has to say.

 

[BSSHD]

Most smartphones will actually ask you if you want geotagging on or off when you first open the camera. Just select no and you're fine. It's also good practice to strip EXIF data from photos you upload to the internet if you are concerned about privacy. This is pretty easy to do and many image hosts do it automatically. Google it.

Of course if you're really paranoid about your phone being tracked, you want to buy a cheap pre-paid phone use it for a month then throw it away and get another one

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Most smartphones will actually ask you if you want geotagging on or off when you first open the camera. Just select no and you're fine. It's also good practice to strip EXIF data from photos you upload to the internet if you are concerned about privacy. This is pretty easy to do and many image hosts do it automatically. Google it.

Of course if you're really paranoid about your phone being tracked, you want to buy a cheap pre-paid phone use it for a month then throw it away and get another one

Don't forget to turn it off when not in use. Oh, and pull the battery out too. Then wrap them both in aluminum foil and store in your freezer.

 

[BSSHD]

Don't forget to turn it off when not in use. Oh, and pull the battery out too. Then wrap them both in aluminum foil and store in your freezer.

That goes without saying