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<p>[QUOTE="RhinoEmpire, post: 1842542, member: 16472"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>As a fellow stacker and security professional I wanted to help raise awareness to a potential threat that may impact many of the users on cointalk. I also want to share a quick solution to help protect yourself and your investments. One of my favorite coin forums is the site is “post your silver bullion”, but many of these pictures contain sensitive data that is embedded in the photo. This data provides tons of information including geolocation where the photo was taken and even full names. Case and point, a new member who recently posted silver bullion used an iPhone 4, and has a very nice swimming pool in their back yard – as shown in google maps. A second, more senior member copyrights his photos using his full name. This too could easily reveal the location of investments. </p><p><br /></p><p>Smart phones and tablets store the most information. Here is a link you can follow to disable geotagging that might reveal where the photo was taken { <a href="http://icanstalku.com/how.php#disable" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://icanstalku.com/how.php#disable" rel="nofollow">http://icanstalku.com/how.php#disable</a> }. You can also remove personal information from an image before posing using Windows by selecting properties -> details -> remove properties and personal information. I’m sure OSX has similar methods.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not trying to pick on or single out any members on cointalk, but only wish to help its members protect their precious metals. Be safe out there![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RhinoEmpire, post: 1842542, member: 16472"]Hello everyone, As a fellow stacker and security professional I wanted to help raise awareness to a potential threat that may impact many of the users on cointalk. I also want to share a quick solution to help protect yourself and your investments. One of my favorite coin forums is the site is “post your silver bullion”, but many of these pictures contain sensitive data that is embedded in the photo. This data provides tons of information including geolocation where the photo was taken and even full names. Case and point, a new member who recently posted silver bullion used an iPhone 4, and has a very nice swimming pool in their back yard – as shown in google maps. A second, more senior member copyrights his photos using his full name. This too could easily reveal the location of investments. Smart phones and tablets store the most information. Here is a link you can follow to disable geotagging that might reveal where the photo was taken { [url]http://icanstalku.com/how.php#disable[/url] }. You can also remove personal information from an image before posing using Windows by selecting properties -> details -> remove properties and personal information. I’m sure OSX has similar methods. I’m not trying to pick on or single out any members on cointalk, but only wish to help its members protect their precious metals. Be safe out there![/QUOTE]
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