Danger of geotagging. Web Photo Geotags Can Reveal More Than You Wish. Web Photo Geotags Can Reveal More Than You Wish. Web Photo Geotags Can Reveal More Than You Wish. Web privacy: How online photos reveal more than you know News. The geotagging data contained in many mobile phone images can let strangers know exactly where you are and what you've been up to. We find out just why you should be careful when posting digital snaps online. Digital cameras and cameraphones mean you can snap those special moments to your hearts content, preview the shot and erase and re-take if necessary.
The technology gets even better thanks to the help of social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, which let you share those special moments with your friends, family and followers around the world. However, its worth stopping and thinking about the fact that when you post the picture on a social network, millions of web users across the globe can discover the exact location you were in when you captured the shot. Digital photos automatically store a wealth of information - known as EXIF data - produced by the camera.
Geotagging is the process of storing latitude and longitude data inside an image's EXIF data. NEXT PAGE: ICanStalkU.com.