I phone pictures have gps coordinates on them.

[Brent S]

im being lazy and watching the tube right now. It’s a documentary about a kidnapping. The kidnappers sent a photo of the victim for proof of life, and unknowingly sent the gps coordinates with it. It is encoded in the background somehow. The cops knew the location within minutes. I’m not completely suprised by this, but was not aware of it. Modern technology is awesome, and scary....

 

[Proud Prepper]

The idiots didnt turn off the phones gps location.

 

[Brent S]

The idiots didnt turn off the phones gps location.

Considering I didn’t know they were on there to begin with, I also didn’t know you could turn them off. I guess I’m glad I didn’t go into a life of crime....

 

[DrPrepper1]

Considering I didn’t know they were on there to begin with, I also didn’t know you could turn them off. I guess I’m glad I didn’t go into a life of crime....

I had to turn mine off. Every time I backed my car 1 foot out of my garage, it would tell me X number of minutes from X location. I didn’t like the fact it tried to guess where I was going based on my passed travel patterns and times of travel.

 

[DrHenley]

I never post or send the original picture. I always crop and resize it, and convert it to a PNG instead of JPG. In so doing the personal information is stripped out.

If you are using Windows 7 (this might work with 8 and 10), you can easily strip out personal information. Just right click on the picture and hit "Properties" then click on the "Details" tab. Down at the bottom there is a link that says "Remove Properties and Personal Information."

 

[Maverick]

iPhone sends the coordinates with pictures unless turned off, there were a big uproar over this a couple of years ago... your just now finding this out Brent lol

Technology is not a friend but useful for a limited number of things When me and the Wife will travel we don't take cell phones with us, I done fine before the damn cell phones.

 

[Psalm7]

I leave mine on , not a i phone though .

 

[Brent S]

iPhone sends the coordinates with pictures unless turned off, there were a big uproar over this a couple of years ago... your just now finding this out Brent lol

Technology is not a friend but useful for a limited number of things When me and the Wife will travel we don't take cell phones with us, I done fine before the damn cell phones.

I didn’t have a cell phone for ages. I got one about two and a half years ago when I started the business, reluctantly. Now though, I can’t imagine not having it. It is an amazing tool, and makes our lives easier and safer. The gps directions alone make it worth way more than the monthly service fee. I can live with the loss of privacy part.

 

[Gazrok]

But if doing any kidnappings, be sure to follow DrHenley's advice....lol.

 

[Maverick]

Wife and kids use irfanview on the windows pc to edit my photos for pictures taken with the phone stripping of information then putting back on the phone with ones they want to keep. Even though they have the GPS off they still don’t trust the phone.

 

[Maverick]

Illistration of whats included in a picture taken with a smart phone (with GPS off, with GPS on, with information stripped)

With GPS off (image would have been to big so copied to clipboard)

Filename - IMG_3900.JPG
Make - Apple
Model - iPhone 6s Plus
Orientation - Right top
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - 11.3
DateTime - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 198
ExposureTime - 1/864 seconds
FNumber - 2.20
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 25
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
DateTimeDigitized - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/864 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.20
BrightnessValue - 9.44
ExposureBiasValue - 0
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 4.15 mm
SubsecTimeOriginal - 766
SubsecTimeDigitized - 766
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 4032
ExifImageHeight - 3024
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
SceneType - Other
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto

With GPS on (image would have been to big so copied to clipboard)

Filename - IMG_0570.jpg
Make - Apple
Model - iPhone 3GS
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - 4.3.5
DateTime - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 206
ExposureTime - 1/778 seconds
FNumber - 2.80
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 64
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
DateTimeDigitized - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/778 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.80
MeteringMode - Average
Flash - No flash function
FocalLength - 3.85 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2048
ExifImageHeight - 1536
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Sharpness - Soft

GPS information: -
GPSLatitudeRef - N
GPSLatitude - 46 23.709999 0 (46.395167)
GPSLongitudeRef - W
GPSLongitude - 124 3.75 0 (124.062500)
GPSAltitudeRef - Sea level
GPSAltitude - 38.49 m
GPSTimeStamp - 22 55 434
GPSImgDirectionRef - True direction
GPSImgDirection - 9.332306

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 872
JpegIFByteCount - 8151

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 29 mm
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Lens Info - 4.15 4.15 2.20 2.20
Lens Make - Apple
Lens Model - iPhone 6s Plus back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Maker Note (Vendor): -

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 1828

The same information as above that has been stripped (without having to copy to clipboard)

 

[user 7704]

I leave mine on , not a i phone though .

I'm an android person

 

[Brent S]

Illistration of whats included in a picture taken with a smart phone (with GPS off, with GPS on, with information stripped)

With GPS off (image would have been to big so copied to clipboard)

Filename - IMG_3900.JPG
Make - Apple
Model - iPhone 6s Plus
Orientation - Right top
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - 11.3
DateTime - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 198
ExposureTime - 1/864 seconds
FNumber - 2.20
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 25
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
DateTimeDigitized - 2018:04:20 17:35:54
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/864 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.20
BrightnessValue - 9.44
ExposureBiasValue - 0
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 4.15 mm
SubsecTimeOriginal - 766
SubsecTimeDigitized - 766
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 4032
ExifImageHeight - 3024
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
SceneType - Other
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto

With GPS on (image would have been to big so copied to clipboard)

Filename - IMG_0570.jpg
Make - Apple
Model - iPhone 3GS
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - 4.3.5
DateTime - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
YCbCrPositioning - Centered
ExifOffset - 206
ExposureTime - 1/778 seconds
FNumber - 2.80
ExposureProgram - Normal program
ISOSpeedRatings - 64
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
DateTimeDigitized - 2011:09:11 15:55:05
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ShutterSpeedValue - 1/778 seconds
ApertureValue - F 2.80
MeteringMode - Average
Flash - No flash function
FocalLength - 3.85 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2048
ExifImageHeight - 1536
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
ExposureMode - Auto
White Balance - Auto
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Sharpness - Soft

GPS information: -
GPSLatitudeRef - N
GPSLatitude - 46 23.709999 0 (46.395167)
GPSLongitudeRef - W
GPSLongitude - 124 3.75 0 (124.062500)
GPSAltitudeRef - Sea level
GPSAltitude - 38.49 m
GPSTimeStamp - 22 55 434
GPSImgDirectionRef - True direction
GPSImgDirection - 9.332306

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 872
JpegIFByteCount - 8151

FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 29 mm
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Lens Info - 4.15 4.15 2.20 2.20
Lens Make - Apple
Lens Model - iPhone 6s Plus back camera 4.15mm f/2.2

Maker Note (Vendor): -

Thumbnail: -
Compression - 6 (JPG)
XResolution - 72
YResolution - 72
ResolutionUnit - Inch
JpegIFOffset - 1828

The same information as above that has been stripped (without having to copy to clipboard)

View attachment 8999

With all that I’m surprised it dosent list what you had for lunch too!