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Post Info TOPIC: BEWARE...Posting Smartphone Photos of Bikes


Clubman B

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BEWARE...Posting Smartphone Photos of Bikes


Copied from ktmforum.co.uk :

'Basically, if you use a smartphone, the picture will have GPS location data embedded, the time you took the photo and the type of smartphone used!!! All a Pikey thief needs to do is open a website .....


Right click the bike's photo, copy the URL onto the webpage and Bish Bash Bosh - he has the Lat/Long GPS data for your house. It even loads a google satellite image.'

So uploading smartphone pics of your bike/garage can give away vital information.

With iPhones you can turn the GPS tagging off. Not sure about other phones. Best idea is to screenshot the photo on a pc, copy into paint and save in there.



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Clubman B

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Just tried it with an iPhone photo of my ktm in the garage and it sure worked.

Tells you time/date/GPS location/ if a flash was used .... scary stuff !! no



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Elite

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A good reminder to everyone   Smartphones are useful but they have their drawbacks too blankstare



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Just turn off GPS?  I hardly ever turn mine on.



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Make my day punk, CLICK on this....



Elite

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Simmo wrote:

Just turn off GPS?  I hardly ever turn mine on.


Same yer. 



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