Shut off the GPS. Don’t Make the Criminal’s and NSA’s Job Easy

Unavoidable but…………

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Sorry for the redundancy

We have talked about this before.  Everyone wants to put their photos on-line.  Nothing wrong with that.  However one should think before putting their child’s photo on social media.  The same goes for valuables like that new car or necklace. Because-

You probably have your GPS on because it is so cool.  Criminals think it is cool too.

This video describes how the smartphone or conventional camera GPS data gives time and date (you may be far enough from home for someone to pay an uninterrupted visit to your house), broadcasts the longitude and latitude of the photo, provides a google map and google earth shot of the photo location (your home perhaps).  Anyone with a little know-how can see access this.  The video describes this is done and most importantly

HOW TO SHUT OFF THE INFORMATION FLOW.

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