PSI Smart Phone Safety

Okay, I am not an alarmist.  Do I think that my children are in danger from what I'm about to show you?  Probably not.  Is "probably not" good enough for me?  Not in this case.  It's so easy to eliminate this particular danger, why not do it?

Recently I received the following email from a friend, also not an alarmist.  I was surprised when I checked my Iphone and saw that this feature was not turned off, it is now.  I'm passing on the info in case you would also like to make this change.

"Warning" If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone---WATCH THIS! At the end they'll tell you how to set your phone so you don't run this risk! PLEASE PASS THIS INFO TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO TAKES PICTURES WITH THEIR CELL OR SMART PHONE AND POSTS THEM ONLINE. I want everyone of you to watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends. It's REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!! Too much technology out there these days so be aware........... If you have children or grandchildren you NEED to watch this. I had no idea this could happen from taking pictures on the blackberry or cell phone. It's scary.

Check it out.  It's not that long and it's potentially important...and scary.

I was going through some pictures from the weekend tonight, with the intentions of posting them.  They're pictures from the pumpkin farm, maybe I'll post them, maybe I won't.  The poses, and my children, are darling, I wish I had used my good camera and captured them.  But I didn't.  I used my Iphone.  The blurriness and picture quality aren't the worst things about them however.  I noticed that these photos, the photos that 24 hours ago I would have placed on my blog without a second's thought, all contained GPS coordinates that pinpoint the exact location on Google Earth that they were taken.  The. EXACT. location.  Now, for these pictures, maybe that's not so bad, they were taken relatively far from here at the pumpkin farm we visited.  Had these pictures been taken in our home however, like the ones taken the day before?  Those pictures you can click on and get the exact location.  Exact.  By the way, the news report is not exaggerating, it shows you exactly where in the house the picture was taken, complete with the option of getting directions of how to get there.  Now that's scary.  The chances of some weirdo acting on that information is indeed remote, but why go there?

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