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Well since I have my phone setup to only do GPS when calling 911 I just checked and the Meta data on my photos contain no locatation data what so ever.
 
No worry for me since I don't use my phone to take pictures.. and yes, I've known about meta data for a long time..

I remember YEARS ago though, when a person had your name, they could look in this book that was filled with pages and pages of white paper and could find not only where you lived, but what your phone number was..

SHOCKING how much privacy we've lost huh?
 
similost said:
No worry for me since I don't use my phone to take pictures.. and yes, I've known about meta data for a long time..

I remember YEARS ago though, when a person had your name, they could look in this book that was filled with pages and pages of white paper and could find not only where you lived, but what your phone number was..

SHOCKING how much privacy we've lost huh?
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Bwahahaha. Awesome.

Paranoia will destroy-ya.
 
Another really good reason to leave those largely unnecessary, brain frying tic-tacs at the phone store. Connectivity my foot.
 
Although I have known about meta data embedded in digital pictures I really never thought about the misuse of it the way that this story shows. Now I have thought about it and know what to do about it. Thank you for posting the link to the story. I will be sending it to my daughters and especially my friends that have kids.

Thank you again! :thmbsp:
 
Talk about scary... I just wrote a rather lengthy post talking about the decline in privacy in general, the long-term risks of a generation that doesn't seem to value it, and the privacy risks of technology, including how people can easily listen in on calls made from any phones equipped with bluetooth (even when bluetooth is switched off...), how apparently harmless and potentially useful "marketing" information can be used to invade privacy and compromise safety, how the internet can be used to invade privacy (keyloggers and other risks), and how the whole Internet is vulnerable to manipulation by governments behind the scenes (reference the recent experiences in Egypt and China's capabilities to potentially "pull the plug" on half the net, plunging it into chaos), how government agencies attempt to monitor net and phone communications, etc...

I decided to offer some tips on limiting the risks, both with mobile phones and online, and how to work online but "offline" (proxy servers, freenet, encryption, etc...) and went to check a couple of things via Google. No sooner did I put a certain term (one that law-enforcement and espionage agencies find very inconvenient) into the search engine and search for it, than --instead of my browser showing returns-- my screen faded and a message came on saying that the browser had encountered a problem and to close...

First (and so far only) time that has happened on this almost brand-new computer! Hope my search inquiry didn't trigger a government-agency response and make me the target for a snoopy keylogger or something! :D

Cue eerie "Twilight Zone" conspiratorial music! :D
 
Even the years before all the huge technology jumps, privacy was not so strong..

As I stated... Phone books, scanners to listen to you neighbors on their cordless phones.. (and now you can listen to baby monitors) Test sets you could hook up to anyones home phone..

Telescopes... wireless transmitters you could pick up on AM.. the list just goes on and on...

Today the biggest fear is people getting into your computer... a lot of banking info, and passwords to gain (key loggers).. and even trojans that allow you to watch what people are doing..

Privacy hasn't changed that much.. .it's just all in how hard you want to make it for others to shoop on you that you have to change.. You just need to work harder to cover your tracks..

The data has always been out there, they are just finding easier ways to mine it..
 
similost said:
... The data has always been out there, they are just finding easier ways to mine it..
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Not exactly true. Years ago if I posted a picture of my car on the corner barber's bulletin board, it did not reveal my name, address and phone number unless wrote it on the picture.

And try finding a specific person with a name like John Smith in the phone book. Not to mention some had unlisted numbers or used an alias (cheaper than the unlisted fee).

There is more data out there and easier ways to find it (as you said). Both are legitimate concerns.
 
About 12 years ago, I worked for a brilliant woman who was fond of saying that the internet was spawning a revolution in communication that would make Gutenberg's press look like a grain of sand on a beach. And, good golly, she's right.

We're just at the dawn of this revolution, or, you might claim, legitimately, that we're in our own version of the wild, wild west. As beings, we're just getting used to this new reality. We have yet to strike that balance among privacy, safety, access, and whatever other fibers will make up this tapestry. (ooooh)

I suspect that in time, people will look back at this time and laugh the way we laugh at social mores from the 1920s or earlier. We'll muddle through somehow. We'll be changed by it, and we'll find ways to deal with the new threats.

But the genie's out of the bottle.
 
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