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Mar 9, 2011 | 05:11 PM

mr yella

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Geotagged photo's

Just a quick heads up really for some of you guys that might get caught out, mostly common sence, but i've just been reading another forum where people have got stung so i thought i'd raise the topic on here too.

Be careful of any pics you upload to the net which are geotagged from your smart phone or camera.... why?

because some cheeky monkeys have been finding out where nice cars are parked (in a tucked away garage for example) through the geo-tag attached to the photo, then having away with it.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105

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Mar 10, 2011 | 09:34 AM

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Valid point mate... Is there anyway of changing it on iPhone ?...

Mar 10, 2011 | 09:56 AM

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Valid point mate... Is there anyway of changing it on iPhone ?...

Turn on your iPhone, and select "Settings" from the menu screen.
Press "General," and then select "Reset."
Select the "Reset Location Warnings" option.
Press "Reset Warnings."
Press and open your camera application on the menu screen. Select "Don't Allow" when prompted.

Mar 10, 2011 | 11:05 AM

danb21t

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noticed this on my photobucket pictures a while ago. very scary indeed.
you can turn the feature off on photobucket btw people.

Mar 10, 2011 | 11:38 AM

Adam R4

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is there anyway of disabling this on the HTC's?

Mar 10, 2011 | 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lead_foot

Turn on your iPhone, and select "Settings" from the menu screen.
Press "General," and then select "Reset."
Select the "Reset Location Warnings" option.
Press "Reset Warnings."
Press and open your camera application on the menu screen. Select "Don't Allow" when prompted.

Very helpful cheers mate....