Photos now provide location - warning

[Dragon]

Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live
 
On Thursday August 12, 2010, 2:00 am EDT
When Adam Savage, host of the popular science program “MythBusters,” posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house, he let his fans know much more than that he drove a Toyota Land Cruiser.

Embedded in the image was a geotag, a bit of data providing the longitude and latitude of where the photo was taken. Hence, he revealed exactly where he lived. And since the accompanying text was “Now it’s off to work,” potential thieves knew he would not be at home.

Security experts and privacy advocates have recently begun warning about the potential dangers of geotags, which are embedded in photos and videos taken with GPS-equipped smartphones and digital cameras. Because the location data is not visible to the casual viewer, the concern is that many people may not realize it is there; and they could be compromising their privacy, if not their safety, when they post geotagged media online.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Web-Photos-That-Reveal-nytimes-2375510549.html?x=0&.v=1

[ZetaNine]

don't freak.......but I know that when you just posted this......you were in  the flats...at peabody's, drinking a beer.

[Masherbrum]

don't freak.......but I know that when you just posted this......you were in  the flats...at peabody's, drinking a beer.

They closed the Flats several years ago.      

[Dragon]

don't freak.......but I know that when you just posted this......you were in  the flats...at peabody's, drinking a beer.

LOL, you might need to calibrate your GPS, I'm at Christie's Cabaret.   

[Masherbrum]

LOL, you might need to calibrate your GPS, I'm at Christie's Cabaret.   

You sexy bast*rd you!   I knew it!        

[Dragon]

It's good to be Chef.  Gonna make me a "sandwich" in just a few min.   

[oakranger]

They closed the Flats several years ago.      

They did, why?  that place was a great hangout. 

[Masherbrum]

They did, why?  that place was a great hangout. 

Some underage, female drunk drowned in the Cuyohoga. 

[Dragon]

They did, why?  that place was a great hangout. 

Putting it simply, the parking sucked, the buildings were all old, insurance rates were too high, and the police made it almost impossible to get home.

Now, the new "place to be" is at the top of the hill in the "warehouse district" where the drinks are twice the price, the parking sucks, the buildings are all old, and the insurance rates are rising.  I'm sure the po po's are all over this one too.


I love Cleveland.  

[oakranger]

Some underage, female drunk drowned in the Cuyohoga. 

Just for that.  They have a lot of people who drowned in that polluted river. 

[Masherbrum]

Wife and I stayed at the Holiday Inn near the RR HOF in 2008.  We ate at the Cleveland Chop House, the food was excellent.  Our waiter hooked us with a great Irish Pub to goto next to "Emeril's place".  It was literally on a corner.

[Dragon]

Just for that.  They have a lot of people who drowned in that polluted river. 

It's not polluted anymore, remember, it self sterilized when it caught on fire.   

Wife and I stayed at the Holiday Inn near the RR HOF in 2008.  We ate at the Cleveland Chop House, the food was excellent.  Our waiter hooked us with a great Irish Pub to goto next to "Emeril's place".  It was literally on a corner.

Michael Symon's?   


Irish Pub would be Flannery's.  I remember going there once.  Woke up at home in bed.  Heard it was a nice place. 

[Masherbrum]

Yep, Flannery's. 

[sluggish]

I was in Cleavland the weekend of the opening of the RR Hall of Fame.  Had wings in the Hooters down on the Flats...  Seemed like a cool place to hang out.

[oakranger]

It's not polluted anymore, remember, it self sterilized when it caught on fire.   




Michael Symon's?   


Irish Pub would be Flannery's.  I remember going there once.  Woke up at home in bed.  Heard it was a nice place. 

It is still polluted, just not as bad as it was back then.