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Phone Pic Hazards?

Post by Wm.Traynor » 14 Dec 2019, 6:57 pm

Is there a risk associated with posting phone pics on the web?
I seem to recall that you can be identified indirectly and suffer adverse consequences.
Is this a fact?
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Post by sungazer » 14 Dec 2019, 8:07 pm

Some people will have GPS or GIS same thing turned on so your position may be embedded with the photo. That could be compromising if you were somewhere you shouldn't have been.
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Post by Potatoes » 14 Dec 2019, 8:10 pm

Yes, if you are doing something illegal. Facial recognition AI technology, geotagging, and software that can track the photo from where it was uploaded are all at the governments disposal. How diligently they use it is anyones guess.

Watch some ted talks on AI and the processing power it has of surveilance data. Prepare to become peranoid.
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Post by Die Judicii » 14 Dec 2019, 8:40 pm

Yep, just be aware that your pics (not only from your phone) taken at a newly discovered paradise hunting spot or fishing hole can lead
others to that very spot.
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Post by bigfellascott » 14 Dec 2019, 8:43 pm

Just open em in photoshop or programme like then save it as an eps or similar it wouldn't have any geo crap then I'm sure.
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Post by Wm.Traynor » 14 Dec 2019, 9:39 pm

Thank you very much everyone :D :thumbsup:
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Post by Sergeant Hartman » 15 Dec 2019, 4:51 am

I believe facecrap strip all geotagging etc from every picture uploaded
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Post by Oldbloke » 15 Dec 2019, 5:49 am

If you look at the properties it should indicate if location is recorded. Unless there is other hidden info.
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Post by Oldbloke » 16 Dec 2019, 6:26 am

You could just do a screen shot
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Post by SomeoneElse » 16 Dec 2019, 8:47 pm

If you want to see what metadata is in your photo you can upload it here or paste a URL. http://exif-viewer.com or https://exifinfo.org (Not affiliated with either.)

For iPhone users this will may explain the mysterious rotation matter, where some browsers show it "correctly" while others don't understand the rotation metadata. To avoid this problem just slightly crop your photo before uploading it. From what I can tell the cropping strips the rotation metadata and "re-writes" all the photos pixels in the new orientation.

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Post by Wm.Traynor » 17 Dec 2019, 2:08 pm

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That's very interesting thanks :thumbsup:
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Post by geoff » 18 Dec 2019, 11:30 am

For any late model android phone, open the Camera and navigate to Settings. There will be an option in there somewhere for Location Tagging. Thats the one you want to ensure is unchecked, or disabled, so that the coordinates are not stored in the photo's metadata.
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Post by Wm.Traynor » 18 Dec 2019, 11:58 am

You blokes are a mine of information :clap:
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