Ridiculous security gap in iPhones

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bonanza

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I read this article and became mildly annoyed/shocked that iPhones would leave this option on by default. So whenever I take a picture with my phone and post it online any random stranger can track down it's exact location...

It's been a while since I got interested in mobile technology but it's the first time I learn of this gaping security hole. Am I the only one?:confused:
 
Geotagging isn't unique to iPhones. Lots of higher end cameras have gps devices that allow geotagging.
 
Majority of social networks strip exif in favour of their own geodata. This would only apply if you were uploading the files directly.
 
As an added surprise, unless you have your GPS locked on all the time it uses the location of your nearest base station. Imagine your stalkers disappointment in not finding you.
 
It is a good thing and for SOME it might be a bad thing.
That means that the photos that you take of a traffic offender have no excuse or can't deny it.
Hehehe
 
I would call it a privacy issue not a security issue... if it was an issue at all.
 
Once again someone going apeshlt over nothing just because its apple.

Your ignorance is your ridiculous security gap.
 
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Why don't I let everyone know where I'll be having coffee on Foursquare, then check in on Facebook so I can tweet about, and update my status with, my righteous indignation at Apple geotagging my photo locations.
Really, the life you have is very small, try getting a bigger one...
PS. I guess the OP's not using Tapatalk, now with new and improved location services, to submit that post
 
greg0205 said:
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PS. I guess the OP's not using Tapatalk, now with new and improved location services, to submit that post
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I made the mistake of using location services once. I draw the line at forum posts with gps coords!
 
People happily post info such as cell number, address etc online yet some are concerned about geotagging???? :confused:
 
This is why you must always scrub you images of exif metadata before uploading them to the web.

(If you're into that sort of thing)
 
bonanza said:
I read this article and became mildly annoyed/shocked that iPhones would leave this option on by default. So whenever I take a picture with my phone and post it online any random stranger can track down it's exact location...

It's been a while since I got interested in mobile technology but it's the first time I learn of this gaping security hole. Am I the only one?:confused:
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its not as insecure as you describe.

Also they can't track you down because you are constantly moving, the image holds the GPS co-ordinates of where you were when you took the picture.
 
Facebook strips it and so do many others but places like photobucket and twitter leave it in place. Actually android does NOT leave it on by default and I'm an iPhone fan myself. Just not a fan of learning about this type of privacy issues from a 3rd party site.
 
Nerfherder said:
its not as insecure as you describe.

Also they can't track you down because you are constantly moving, the image holds the GPS co-ordinates of where you were when you took the picture.
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I'm talking about the issue described in the video above the article. When you take pictures of your children for example. Anyways hopefully this helped some of you, I'm sure I'm not the only one to whom it came as a bit of a surprise

Peace
 
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Really couldn't be bothered. I love my iPhone and knew about this since day one. It really is no problem for me, and I would love all devices to save it in the metadata, and then you just choose if you want to keep it or strip it when uploading.

For the last time, THIS IS NOT A SECURITY LOOPHOLE, IT IS A PRIVACY ISSUE.

Once again, I was duped into wasting my time and bandwidth by some apple bashing fool of an OP.
 
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