Post pictures of your hamster online? Beware of hidden location data!

[harwet]

An article recently published in the New York Times website warns about the dangers of hidden geotags (location data) in pictures you take - What the Internet Can See From Your Cat Pictures. (this is relevant to our hamsters too )

In a nutshell, if you take pictures of your hamster with a smartphone that has geotagging enabled and post them online, strangers can learn where you live by looking at the hidden geotags in the pictures. You can disable geotagging or use an hidden data remover to get rid of the geotags, before you post them on the web.

[Thin Lizzy]

Hi harwet, interesting information you posted. It's something I haven't given much thought to but I will now.

[Hekomi]

I use this: View Exif online, remove Exif online

Imgur, facebook, and gyazo remove it automatically. Tumblr does not.

[Queen Of The High Teas]

Very useful thread, I never even thought about location data being in posted photos! I have disabled my iPhone and ipad the second I finished reading the link. Thanks for posting.