Wow!!!

Heard about that on another forum. Didn't try for myself though to see whose images carry the info, but thanks for sharing the warning. I hope none of my photos have my coords attached.

Photobucket doesn't have the info and any picasa photos I've looked at said n/a on the lat. and long.
Are you telling us that digital cameras have GPS and know where they are?

I think it may be done from camera phones but not cameras.

Some digital cameras have GPS too.

What about Picture Trail? Will it happen from them?

Sammy

turn off the gps function on the device.

Correction--apparently it needs to be turned off in your camera itself, doing it in the photohosting website still leaves info spammers can mine.

And if you want to see where that photo on your trip in Europe was taken, you can turn it back on for rare instances, but you should turn it off at all other times if you share photos. And the default in these new cameras is to GeoTag the info on your picture, the default is NOT for privacy.

It's only the new advanced cameras with GPS, so if you have a 6-year-old camera like I do, you probably don't have to worry about it.

Carla in Sac

ALSO Heads up on the "quick pass" credit cards,these are the cards where you just swipe near near the terminal to pay rather then really swipe it thru the machine. These can be hijacked by thieves while they are still in your wallet ,all the thief has to do is get close enough to pick up your card signal on their portable scanner. I think wrapping the card in aluminum foil may prevent the theft

Check out apps similar to exifcleaner, which cleans your pics before posting them online. I'm not connected to this company, but I'm using the program.

Here is a link that might be useful: exif cleaner

Here's more info if you take photos with a phone or newer digital camera.

Here is a link that might be useful: web photo geotags

Where on your digital camera can you disconnect the GPS locator? I have a small sony digital.

most newer digital camera's have built in GPS. I know that flickr.com has a geotagging function as well as exif data. you can turn them off, but hackers can get in. I recommend taking pictures away from your home.

If you use a photo editor such as PhotoShop and save the edited photo with a new filename, it should get rid of most of the photo info, including latitude/longitude.

Good warning. But I have a modest back yard and can't see anyone pulling a heist to steal my tomatoes.