Photos from smartphones are geotagged even when the user is unaware. Smartphone users can adjust their privacy settings to limit who can view their geotagged locations. www.Army.milMilitary Personnel Warned Against Geotagging Photos -- Red Orbit
American military personnel could find their lives in danger due to an unlikely source — Facebook’s recently adopted Timeline feature — officials from the US Army warned earlier this week.
According to a BBC News report published Friday, the actual culprit is geotagged photographs, or pictures that are marked with the location where they were taken. Geotagging is a popular feature on the Mark Zuckerberg-founded social network and other websites like it, and many smartphones automatically include them, complete with GPS coordinates, when they are uploaded, the British news agency added.
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