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Re: Is Your GPS-Enabled Camera Phone Giving Out Private Info?

Kenya — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:05:53 -0000

That shows that RIM respects privacy as this SHOULD be an opt-in kind of thing. Can you imagine posting pictures of your studio which end up providing the exact location of your home to everyone online? It makes other attempts at anonymity moot.

Re: Is Your GPS-Enabled Camera Phone Giving Out Private Info?

Kenya — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:56:02 -0000

In the 90s some of the discount cards would ask for social security number and I wouldn't get them. This is far worse though since you're giving away information to EVERYONE.

Re: Is Your GPS-Enabled Camera Phone Giving Out Private Info?

MrFresh — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:36:55 -0000

Kenya,
Great post. I have (as you know) a Blackberry Curve 8330 and will definitely check to see that my geotagging feature is turned off. Excellent sharing of THIS kind of data (via your blog post, that is...)

Kudos...

Re: Is Your GPS-Enabled Camera Phone Giving Out Private Info?

mindofandre — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:02:46 -0000

This is definitely something for people to consider - I really think that many of us get caught up in the cool apps that pop up all the time that we don't really examine the fine print or what the technology is actually doing.

It's kind of like those "discount cards" for the grocery store that really are used to determine your spending and shopping habits so marketers can send you targeted material.