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Did you know your iPhone can help get you robbed? My past clients didn’t until now!

Reblogger Robin Dampier REALTOR®
Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker King NC #228932

Good gracious.  If you are using an iPhone you may want to check if geo codes/tags are turned on which can pinpoint your homes location.  Especially if you engage in Social Media sites.  There seems to be no end to the dangers out there.  If you have other phones that take pics you may want to check if there is a geo code/tag setting.

Sue of Robin and Sue

Original content by Todd Clark - Retired 200311024


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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Robin

Robin Dampier, Broker Assoc.
Realtor, e-Pro (internet savvy!)
Coldwell Banker King
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Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

Thanks for the re-blog, it is something that everyone should hear about.

Nov 20, 2010 05:33 PM
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Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
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Social media is a two edge sword - both a blessing and a curse...

Nov 20, 2010 09:54 PM
Robin Dampier REALTOR®
Coldwell Banker King - Hendersonville, NC
Hendersonville & Western NC Real Estate Source

Social media and the internet in general is surely a blessing and just as surely a curse!

Sue of Robin and Sue

Nov 21, 2010 12:11 PM