{"id":212,"date":"2012-03-22T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2012-03-22T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T17:59:36","slug":"metadata-can-kill-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildnaturephotos.com\/Blog\/2012\/03\/metadata-can-kill-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Metadata can kill you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to John Nack at Adobe for publicizing this issue.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2012\/03\/metadata-can-kill-you.html\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2012\/03\/metadata-can-kill-you.html\">http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2012\/03\/metadata-can-kill-you.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How\u2019s that for a salacious, click-baiting title? But\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/75165\/Geotagging_poses_security_risks\/\">this bit from the US Army<\/a>\u00a0is eye-opening:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A real-world example from 2007: When a new fleet of helicopters arrived with an aviation unit at a base in Iraq, some soldiers took pictures on the flightline, he said. From the photos that were uploaded to the Internet, the enemy was able to determine the exact location of the helicopters inside the compound and conduct a mortar attack, destroying four of the AH-64 Apaches.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve argued for a long time that software should have the option to remove geotagging metadata. \u00a0There are times when it is a security risk, poses a threat to endangered species, etc. The default on cameras should be to <em>not<\/em> record geolocation data, and the software should give the user the option to <em>strip<\/em> the geolocation data easily.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Rich<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to John Nack at Adobe for publicizing this issue. http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/2012\/03\/metadata-can-kill-you.html How\u2019s that for a salacious, click-baiting title? But\u00a0this bit from the US Army\u00a0is eye-opening: A real-world example from 2007: When a new fleet of helicopters arrived with an aviation unit at a base in Iraq, some soldiers took pictures on the flightline, he said. 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