Sunday, February 1, 2009

Tag you're it!

Geotagging is the process of putting location specific geographical identification into pictures, videos and even websites. The information is put in GPS format. Which would include our phones and navigation systems.
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a part of a navigational satellite developed by the Department of Defense. However this does not make us safer. Personal information is uploaded everyday and most of us are unaware that it is being tagged. Geotagging alerts may sometimes appear to warn you. As with any technology the risk of exploitation is present.
Geotagging is not all bad when it is used correctly. In the wrong hands anything go from good to bad. If you happen to be a parent and would like to keep up with your child is doing it is great. If you are just somebody who wouldn't like to share everything you are doing with the world you're in trouble. However you should ask about software and media you buy to see if geotagging is enabled. As they always say buyer BEWARE!
Here is a link about one personal journey with geotagging http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9784487-39.html. The article is called "My geotagging trials, travails and triumphs".
Posted by cantwait at 10:57 AM

1 comment:

  1. Trey EveretteFebruary 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    Geographical identification tags in pictures and videos are awesome. I enjoy hearing about an event on TV or the Internet and then searching Google Earth for the location.

    Nevertheless, these tags pose a security threat.

    As always we should be very careful what kind of personal information we publish on the Internet.

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