Did you know today’s smart phones and digital cameras embed hidden data into the photos you take? Photos you take with your smart modern phones can tell to others:

Where you live
Where you work
Where do you go to school
Where do you spend your free time
Which of your friends or family living
When there was nobody at home
Where you park your car
And the list goes on and on and on …..

Now this is probably not a big deal if you take a photo of yourself or your friends in public places such as Lake Eola in Orlando Fl, Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs Fl or other public places is known. On the other hand if you take photos at your home, your work or other places that you do not want strangers to know, then you may have to continue reading this article.

How did it happen?

When you take photos with a smart phone or digital camera, it takes more than just photos. Most of today’s smart phones like the Motorola DROID or Apple iPhone has the ability and do it by default adds to geotag your photos taken that includes information about the EXACT location where the photo was taken, what is the date and time the photo was taken and this pose a security threat apparent to consumers.

Let’s pretend you took a picture of yourself or your family or your friends with the APPLE iPhone, Motorola DROID or other modern smart phones. Now let’s pretend you upload photos to Facebook, MySpace, the website you’re single, or even email them to someone you do not know very well.

Sounds pretty normal so far, right?

Hidden danger is the person with the know-how or technical knowledge if you will be able to see the hidden data embedded in your photos and see exactly where the photos were taken, when the photos were taken and many more …

How do you protect yourself?

You can turn off the GPS feature on your smart phone, but you still may need the GPS feature is turned on for GPS navigation. So if you want to protect yourself you will change off the GPS functionality on your smartphone when you take photos and activate the GPS function back if you happen to need to use the GPS feature on your smartphone.