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What the Internet Can See From Your Chinchilla Pictures

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Datip:
Check out this article that was published in the New York Times website recently - What the Internet Can See From Your Cat Pictures. (this is relevant to Chinchilla pictures too :::grins:: ) It warns about the dangers of location info (geotags) in pictures you take.

In a nutshell, if you take pictures of your Chinchilla with a smartphone that has geotagging enabled and post them online, strangers can learn where you live by looking at the location info embedded in the pictures. You can disable geotagging or strip metadata from pictures to get rid of the location info, before you post them on the web.

GrayRodent:
I totally agree. I remember reading about this some years back when camera phones were getting popular. I've found with my phones the geotagging feature is off be default. Don't assume that it is on yours.

LYChinchillas:
Thanks for posting this! A great reminder.

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