So, now that you've learned how to avoid geotagging photos you take in the future, the next step is to deal with the photos you've already taken that may contain location metadata.
How you can probably turn off the GPS unit in your phone or camera to prevent it from putting this information into future photos you take. How dangerous it may be for you to post such photos online, or email them to anyone, or if your computer (or its backup) is compromised or stolen, because identity thieves, burglars, stalkers, pedophiles, and others may then exploit this location information to learn where and when you and (your family) spend your time. How this information is stored as latitude and longitude, and how easy it is for anyone to translate those numbers into a street address. How location metadata (also called "geotags") stored in your photo files reveals where you were when you took each photo, along with the date and time and other information. In last month's issue ("Dangerous Information Hidden in Your Digital Photos, Part 1" ) I wrote about how your GPS-equipped smartphone camera (or digital camera) may be storing your physical location in the "metadata" of every photo you take. A person could download an image from a site and gain access to damaging personal information stored in the metadata.The hidden information in your photos that you probably aren't aware of That is not the case for folks who have their own blogs and wikis and are posting pictures of loved ones, family gatherings, and classrooms. Major social media platforms maintain that they remove this metadata to protect users from cybercrime. 
Exif data provides information about where and when the picture was taken, the camera used to produce the image, the file size, MIME type, color space, and much more.Įach picture you take with a digital camera contains numerous tags which provide a great deal of information, some of which might ordinarily be considered confidential. Each image from a digital camera has Exchangeable image file format (Exif) metadata embedded into it. If you're interacting with consumer electronics, you probably have a digital camera available.Īccordingly, there are billions of digital images on the internet from various devices and sources. Cameras are an integral part of smartphones and laptops. These days, nearly everyone has a digital camera.
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