Todd Clark a Real Estate Expert from Beaverton, OR wrote a post that should scare anyone who uses their camera phone. Read the following information so the next time you take a picture you will not let anyone know your location.   It is so sad that we need to worry about our safety with everything we do. Thanks Todd for allowing me to share this excellent safety information with my readers.

 

Via Todd Clark (Broker) (503)524-9494 (Beaverton, Oregon Real Estate Expert) (Knipe Realty):


Seems when of my past buyers almost got robbed recently and it looks like it maybe all do to their iPhone and their iPhone camera. Now, they were very careful not to ever use FourSquare at home and they never published their address anywhere. The fact is everything they had via mail went to a PO Box at the local post office.

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But, what they didn’t realize was every picture they took with their iPhone that the uploaded was Geotagged and gave the exact location of the photo. So, when someone started watching Twitter and saw they were out and looked at their other pictures, they figured out exactly where they lived by the pictures from inside their home that now gave the exact location on Google.com.

Lucky for them, their neighbor spotted something was unusual and nothing was taken, but a window was damaged and the security and peace of mind have been violated. So, please be careful when taking your pictures on your phone and might I suggest you turn off auto-Geotagging.



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Posted by Diane Williams on 11/27/2010 07:45 AM   Comments (3)  
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3 Comments on Did you know your iPhone can help get you robbed? My past clients didn’t until now!

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27
2010
1,442,083 Points 26 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Good re-blog and important security information. Have a wonderful holiday season!

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7:47am • #1

Also turn off your smart phones GPS.  It give the service your excat location.  It also helps your battery last longer.  Crazy stuff.  We give way to much info about our lives.

Be safe.

Lee
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28
2010
228,392 Points 1 Featured Post Called Shot Master

I heard about this on the news.  I guess the best thing to do is too turn off this feature of the phone.
7:08pm • #3

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