Taking pics w/ gps-enabled cellphone..exif data=BAD NEWS!

thanks man +rep

thanks to all, it depends on your phone and the settings, i think, i also believe a few of the canna sites automatically strip the data. mods are getting a plug in at the farm iirc to strip photos, it showed mine. grrr.... from my cpu. also firefox has a few plug ins to view the data with a right click

TURN OFF YOUR GOD DAMN GPS NOW FUCKERS ! THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU ASS WERE EVER YOU GO ! you guys might be too paraniod now.. Slow down on the cannabis smoke

well then they can find you simply from posting on this site......... bastards.

it doesnt have to be the govt., say you live in joeschmoe, idaho, posting pics of your beautiful outdoor multistrain monster grow, now thclover (hopefully a fictional name, if its someone here i apologize) exifs your pics, and what do you know thclover thinks "im only 1/2 hr or so from there......"


shit can happen

ecsd said:

it doesnt have to be the govt., say you live in joeschmoe, idaho, posting pics of your beautiful outdoor multistrain monster grow, now thclover (hopefully a fictional name, if its someone here i apologize) exifs your pics, and what do you know thclover thinks "im only 1/2 hr or so from there......"


shit can happen

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damn, i never thought of that... Watch your back people...

O.K., if everyone now see's how important this info is,
How do we get a "STICKY" up?
It would be nice to share with the rest of the group. BB

Burger Boss said:

O.K., if everyone now see's how important this info is,
How do we get a "STICKY" up?
It would be nice to share with the rest of the group. BB

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You need to hit up a mod. I think it's a great idea for a sticky.

doc111 said:

You need to hit up a mod. I think it's a great idea for a sticky.

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I second that... this needs to be public knowledge...

very useful information, TY 4 da info!

but we still havent seen an example of it actually working....

someone copy/paste info on location, found on a random pic?

ive tried it and its not showing my location.

thats what im tryin to get to... i want some proof that this works...

The huge new iceberg off of Greenland (?) is said to be a potential hazard for ships.

I say, drop a cell phone on it and let the FBI track it, so they can keep the shipping lanes free of that hazard. Or how about we drop a few lbs. on it and maybe then the FBI will retrieve the whole iceberg as evidence.

I wonder, how would they dust it for fingerprints?

you could just take a snapshot of the picture when you have it opened on your computer (for macs, press apple key, shift, 4 - then drag out the area you want to be a picture), that way all the data attached to it is lost.

whoa that is scary shit, so glad I use a digi cam

Dreadheadgrow said:

whoa that is scary shit, so glad I use a digi cam

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Digital cameras contain EXIF data as well. I don't think too many of them have gps though but they still contain the serial number of the camera and date the pic was taken.

i dont see it...here is my phone everything is on (i made sure of it) i took the pic
and got this in return from that site

Basic Image Information
Camera:Htc Dream Date:August 11, 2010 4:33:12PM (timezone not specified)
(8 hours, 49 minutes, 41 seconds ago, assuming an image timezone of US Pacific)
File:1,536 × 2,048 JPEG (3.1 megapixels)
628,310 bytes (0.60 megabytes) Image compression: 93% Color Encoding:WARNING: Color space tagged as sRGB, without an embedded color profile. Windows and Mac web browsers will treat the colors randomly.
Images for the web are most widly viewable when in the sRGB color space and with an embedded color profile. See my Introduction to Digital-Image Color Spaces for more information.


Here's the full data:
EXIF — this group of metadata is encoded in 53,321 bytes (52.1k)
Color SpacesRGB Components ConfigurationY, Cb, Cr, - CompressionJPEG (old-style) Create Date2010:08:11 16:33:12
8 hours, 49 minutes, 41 seconds ago Date/Time Original2010:08:11 16:33:12
8 hours, 49 minutes, 41 seconds ago Exif Image Size2,048 × 1,536 Exif Version0220 Flashpix Version0100 Interoperability IndexR98 - DCF basic file (sRGB) Interoperability Version0100 MakeHTC Camera Model NameHTC Dream Resolution72 pixels/inch Thumbnail Length52,919 Y Cb Cr PositioningCentered File — basic information derived from the file.
Bits Per Sample8 Color Components3 Encoding ProcessBaseline DCT, Huffman coding Exif Byte OrderBig-endian (Motorola, MM) File Size614 kB File TypeJPEG Image Size2,048 × 1,536 MIME Typeimage/jpeg Y Cb Cr Sub SamplingYCbCr4:2:0 (2 2) Composite
This block of data is computed based upon other items. Some of it may be wildly incorrect if the image has been resized.



this is just bacic info not where i live. you guys need to calm down

Didn't work for me either, just lists a bunch of computer jargon, absolutely nothing about a location... File this thread with all the "is this site really safe" threads IMO.

good news, stopped taking pictures on my phone since I upgraded. word of advice people, even if you have your gps turned off CHECK THE EXIF DATA! I found out that even with it off my phone (droid) was giving an approx location using cell towers! needless to say I haven't taken a single pic of my new op

Interestingly, I happened to see this article on Yahoo today.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Web-Photos-That-Reveal-nytimes-2375510549.html?x=0&.v=1