After Comments in https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/350119, I would like to suggest that OzBargain strips metadata from photos uploaded to OzBargain.
If someone takes a photo while home and posts it to OzBargain, there is a risk that their GPS coordinates may be made available to all users.
Facebook and other Social media sites already remove the metadata before publishing.
Some maybe, but in the example it was hosted at https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/19/350119.jpg
There's not much incriminating in this photo's metadata, but still think it would be prudent for ozbargain to trim the metadata to protect users going forward.
I think Facebook started doing it from 2013 because of complaints about stalking children.
Even Adam Savage from Mythbusters put a photo on Twitter in 2010 which gave away his home address
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/technology/personaltech/12…
I don't see any risk, what's someone going to do? I remember once someone didn't specify which store the deal was at but someone used the metadata to update the post.
No worries.
I just don't think most people would realise if they posted a photo of a receipt they took at home, it may show where they live.
Unfortunately there are bad people in the world and telling them you just bought a $2500 laptop for only $2000 and here's a copy of the receipt and my address, come around anytime, just doesn't feel right.
It's only a suggestion, as most Social sites already remove all exif data, I was surprised that OzBargain didn't.
I agree, that's a good point
there is a risk that their GPS coordinates may be made available to all users.
You can disable logging of EXIF data on your phone, it's one of the first things I do when I get a new handset. Tracking people using GPS data in photos isn't exactly new, so if you're still uploading photos with that information in them in 2017 then you're doing it wrong.
There’s always going to be people who don’t know to do this though. Helmets on bicycles and seatbelts in cars are compulsory too even though you could easily argue that people are doing something wrong if not using them
But I want it on for photos I don't upload (99.9%)…I would have to remember to "clean" the photo before I uploaded it?
Thanks, now I'm all paranoid. :/
Thanks for the suggestion, we will implement stripping the extra info from when images are uploaded. Coming soon….
This was rolled out a few days ago.
Thanks. Pete.
Most photos seem to be uploaded and linked to external sites anyway.
I hope none of the forum topics or comments inflames someone enough to want to track down another user! haha