I was listening to a speaker talk about corporate internet security when he said, “I want to get serious for a moment.” He talked about having a 15 year old daughter and wanting to keep her safe. He said every thief and pedophile out there knows how to right click on an image and see the metadata on it. Metadata is the information like the time and date a photo was taken, the lens opening and other technical information.
TURN OFF LOCATION IN CAMERA AREA
Cell phones are automatically set to also record the exact location a photo is taken at. Giving out your home address on the internet is too much information. He suggested turning off the location in the camera area of your cell phone. Location still stays on for the rest of the phone so you can get directions, etc. but it is turned off in the phone area.
HAVE FAMILY & FRIENDS TURN OFF LOCATION TOO
He also suggested anyone visiting your home, like family and friends, turn off the location info in their cell phone cameras as well. If someone comes to your house for a party and posts photos with your home address they just gave out your address to anyone on the internet.
KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE
You want to keep your children safe and don’t want to be robbed. Consider turning off location in your cell phones camera area for your safety and your family’s safety.