by "Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
Published 05/13/2017 at 10:58
by "Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
Published 05/13/2017 at 10:58
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An earlier post by pip bip drew some concern from others regarding posting photos and sharing GPS location data on Oppo. If you weren’t aware, many connected devices, such as a smartphone, will save the GPS location that every picture was taken. This information is saved with the picture, and can be viewed by anyone who the photo is sent/shared.
At one point, it was rumored that Kinja removed some of this data when a photo was uploaded to their servers. However, a quick test proved otherwise - at least in my case...
I turned Location Services on briefly for one photo, then uploaded it to a draft in Kinja... the GPS data was still there.
The best course of action is to disable Location Services (
or whatever your device calls it
) for your camera. In fact, it is wise to disable Location Services for everything on your device that doesn’t NEED Location Services for proper operation.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
05/13/2017 at 11:15, STARS: 2
Yep. Turning off location tagging was the first thing I did when I got all my smart phones
"facw" (facw)
05/13/2017 at 11:21, STARS: 6
I disagree. Geotagging is great, and I want it on every picture I take. I don’t want that info to show up on kinja though, and while I would hope it would strip that data, I’ve never trusted it to do so, and so anytime I post any of my own pictures I strip it manually in Windows:
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Then upload the copy, which no longer has the geo information embedded.
Also back when it worked, I’d just open in mspaint, select all, and copy/paste which means only sending the pixel data with no metadata, but that’s been broken for a few weeks for me.
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
05/13/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 2
That’s a fair point, and this is a good method for people who want to use Geotagging while keeping that data off the internet.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
05/13/2017 at 12:44, STARS: 0
I always turn my location off now. Plus it drains the battery a lot faster too. I generally turn my wifi off when I leave my house too, and I only use bluetooth if I am in one of the cars. You should leave your bluetooth, wifi, and gps location turned off, and your battery life will improve.
"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
05/13/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 1
Thanks for the tip; I guess you guys can figure out where I live based on my food and beer photos.
"scoob" (scoobsti)
05/13/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 0
Bluetooth barely drains battery, not sure about the others. GPS most likely does.
"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4)
05/13/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 1
The only location service I enable is for GPS when in use. I’ll have to consider the Wifi tip; I’m always looking for ways to improve battery life.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
05/13/2017 at 19:24, STARS: 0
On my phone it does... :/
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
05/15/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 1
There needs to be an app for this... Do screen caps on a smartphone store location information? If not, I guess that’d be a way around it.
I just live without geotagging because of privacy concerns.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
05/16/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 1
I have location on for a few apps for directions / maps, but I have it turned off on my camera!