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“Tips to Turn Off Geo-Tagging on Your Cell Phone"
August 20, 2010 | Ki Mae Heussner, ABC News
excerpt:
Keeping tabs on your favorite celebrities might be easier than you think -- and much easier than they want. But they likely have no one to blame but themselves. According to two teams of computer scientists, Hollywood stars could be unintentionally giving up the exact locations of their homes and private whereabouts through pictures uploaded to the Internet, leaving them wide open to attacks by tech-savvy thieves (not to mention unwanted visits by starstruck fans).
article-date:
Friday, August 20, 2010
recap:
Precise location information automatically embedded in photos by some devices can leave users at risk of attacks.
