Be careful how you post your gun pictures. Even when have nothing to hide more information than we want is being collected when surfing for guns and stuff online. There are ways to conceal our information online, while most do not think yet it is worth the effort. Yet.
In the WSJ today, "Google Inc. and Apple Inc. collect and store location information from personal computers, as well as mobile devices, according to company executives, a disclosure that sheds new light on the scope of the data collected by tech companies.
Apple gathers information from some Apple Macintosh computers connected to Wi-Fi networks, and Google collects data from Wi-Fi-connected computers that use Google's Chrome browser or search 'toolbar.'
They obtain the information after a computer scans the area around itself for available Wi-Fi networks, typically after users give a website permission to determine the computer's approximate location." ... Makes using Google Places as is combined with Google Maps also suspect and there is more at:
Computers, Too, Can Give Away Location
'Smart' phones give away locations also. Especially when take pictures shared when not configured properly. Depending on device the default is usually to give out location on GPS enabled cameras / video equipment. GeoTags in image, audio, and video end results identify location with more. A TV Star last year gave out too much information by sharing a picture online - it was Adam Savage. The myth-buster gave fans who noticed a home address with a picture of his wheels:
Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live
<a href="http://www.gunknowledge.com/forum/index.php?topic=290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
More about Geo Tags, like how to enable / disable on some smart phones is HERE</a>
The average Joe citizen unknowingly gives location with personal information out freely online often by these new devices. Some also share pictures, audio, and video. Unfortunately 'private' portable device and computer use shares more information with more people than many users understand.
And due to implied consent anything put on over the internet is considered public information, because a third party like your ISP also has access. Is how Microsoft private e-mails became public usable in court - when Microsoft got busted as a monopoly.
Kinda sucks but good to know.
In the WSJ today, "Google Inc. and Apple Inc. collect and store location information from personal computers, as well as mobile devices, according to company executives, a disclosure that sheds new light on the scope of the data collected by tech companies.
Apple gathers information from some Apple Macintosh computers connected to Wi-Fi networks, and Google collects data from Wi-Fi-connected computers that use Google's Chrome browser or search 'toolbar.'
They obtain the information after a computer scans the area around itself for available Wi-Fi networks, typically after users give a website permission to determine the computer's approximate location." ... Makes using Google Places as is combined with Google Maps also suspect and there is more at:
Computers, Too, Can Give Away Location
'Smart' phones give away locations also. Especially when take pictures shared when not configured properly. Depending on device the default is usually to give out location on GPS enabled cameras / video equipment. GeoTags in image, audio, and video end results identify location with more. A TV Star last year gave out too much information by sharing a picture online - it was Adam Savage. The myth-buster gave fans who noticed a home address with a picture of his wheels:
Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live
<a href="http://www.gunknowledge.com/forum/index.php?topic=290" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
More about Geo Tags, like how to enable / disable on some smart phones is HERE</a>
The average Joe citizen unknowingly gives location with personal information out freely online often by these new devices. Some also share pictures, audio, and video. Unfortunately 'private' portable device and computer use shares more information with more people than many users understand.
And due to implied consent anything put on over the internet is considered public information, because a third party like your ISP also has access. Is how Microsoft private e-mails became public usable in court - when Microsoft got busted as a monopoly.
Kinda sucks but good to know.