Smart phone danger for your family. Please read if you ever post pictures

[1969chargerrtse]

I was so shocked to learn this.  My charger picture of my car in my garage is GPS embedded and I didn't know it?  On my iphone in the picture section if I hit the location button it shows 2 pictures of my charger and exactly where I took them.  You can scroll right to my house address and into my garage using the google side view.  WTF?  I changed my settings on my phone so no one knows from my pictures where I took them.  Children anyone?  Point being any picture you post on photobucket or FaceBook etc.... can have a GPS locater address in it.  Not good.

<object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2vARzvWxwY?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N2vARzvWxwY?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

[tan top]

    scary stuff

[thedodgeboys]

how do you like your bubble parking bag?
Does it really work good, and how do you get into it?

thanks

[1969chargerrtse]

how do you like your bubble parking bag?
Does it really work good, and how do you get into it?

thanks

Love it, let me find the link. You just drive into it and then throw the flap down and zip it up and the fans move air through it.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,53994.0.html

[1969chargerrtse]

    scary stuff

So here's the question?  How do you know which picture is embedded and which is not?  So you have to find a way to check all your pictures ever posted? Yuk. 

[skip68]

Wow! I didnt know they made "Spacebags" that size!  mrs.skip68

[nvrbdn]

hey mrsskip, if ya hook a vacuum up to that bag will you be able to slide under the work bench?

[bakerhillpins]

Yea, I mentioned that the other day in the Pics thread..

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28131.msg878917.html#msg878917

You can turn that feature off.

[Chargerrtforme]

Yea, I mentioned that the other day in the Pics thread..

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28131.msg878917.html#msg878917

You can turn that feature off.

How do you know what pictures you posted in the past are embedded?

[bakerhillpins]

Yea, I mentioned that the other day in the Pics thread..

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28131.msg878917.html#msg878917

You can turn that feature off.

How do you know what pictures you posted in the past are embedded?

I think the first thing you need to do is determine if any of your digital image devices even support this feature and if it does was it enabled. After that you need to figure out what images from that device you might have posted or published. I can't really think of anything else you can do beyond those 2 things. 

[moparstuart]

Wow! I didnt know they made "Spacebags" that size!  mrs.skip68

when you compress it , does it pop right back into shape  ? 

[Road Dog]

I was reminded of that movie "The Boy in a Plastic Bubble"

[69bronzeT5]

How do you turn that stupid feature off? I got a smart phone...it's a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10....

[learical1]

How do you turn that stupid feature off? I got a smart phone...it's a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10....

Never buy a phone that's smarter than you!

[Tilar]

I bought a smart phone once. Turns out it wasn't smart enough to send a picture in a text message unless I upgraded my service, so I sent it back.

[1969chargerrtse]

How do you turn that stupid feature off? I got a smart phone...it's a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10....

Just google for the info.

Here's most phones. I think this is for just GPS, on my iphone I shut off GPS for "camera" only.  But it's a start for you.

http://no-geolocation.blogspot.com/2010/08/01-what-is-geolocation.html

• From the Home screen, tap the applications bar.
• Tap 'Settings'
• Tap 'Location'
• Uncheck 'GPS satellites'
• Uncheck 'Assisted GPS'
• Uncheck 'Wireless networks'

[69bronzeT5]

All unchecked now.....thanks Rob!