Disabling GPS tag on photos...

[Benjamin Check]

I posted this in growroom safety as well.
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It has been found that a person can be easily tracked and the location of the photo they posted easily found if taken with a gps enabled cellphone (or camera). The location data is easily found when somebody takes a photo (in here of their grow-op) and posts it online, or on social media. Every picture is tagged with gps coordinates if you do not disable the location services feature on your specific phone/device in regards to the camera function. It's easy on Iphones, just go to settings>location services>camera and turn it off. Basically, If you take a picture of your grow and the gps was enabled, someone can easily find the Long/Lat coordinates and therefore, your grow. Watch the video. I searched the threads, didn't see anything about it, so beware. Its currently being used by pedophiles to "window shop" kids.....

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[unregistered190]

You can also download freeware that strips that data from images

 

[Hammerhead]

we have a few threads about this. Download the EXIF DATA removal software. you can find them for free...This is normally a cell phone thing there are some cameras that have it bit you can turn it off. It is a good idea to erase the EXIF data before you upload your pics. This website will let you look at the pic to see if there is any data in the pic. you can use URL or pics on yuor computer.


http://exif-viewer.com/

 

[Benjamin Check]

Delete this then! That's crazy though..... I searched gps camera and nothing came up.....I try very hard to not be redundant and clutter up the place....

 

[Hammerhead]

Its fine everytime it gets posted more people get the message. here is one of them


https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=236379&highlight=exif