Air Force to soldiers: Watch out with geotagging services
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article published on 19 November, 2010
The U.S. Air Force has warned soldiers this month that geotagging services, especially incredibly popular ones such as Facebook Places and Foursquare, can inadvertently reveal the location of a team to the enemy, putting lives at risk.
Posted on the Air Force internal website earlier this month, the military branch says: "Careless use of these services by airmen can have devastating operations ... [ read the full article ]
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19. November 2010 @ 22:54 |
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LoL...
Military to Soldiers: Please stop revealing your location to the entire planet!
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19. November 2010 @ 23:42 |
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20. November 2010 @ 06:44 |
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I cant belive they have made this anouncement in the public eye.
Why the hell didnt they use this to feed false locations and other information.....
.... lack of imagination pobably, great tactictioner you have there....
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20. November 2010 @ 07:58 |
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not to nitpick, the Air Force has Airmen, the Army has Soldiers. could call them Servicemembers to be good with all branches.
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20. November 2010 @ 11:19 |
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notice how it doesn't say Marines :) Marines don't give away their locations
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20. November 2010 @ 11:56 |
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That's because they use all of the navy's equipment.
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20. November 2010 @ 12:10 |
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Originally posted by db336: notice how it doesn't say Marines :) Marines don't give away their locations
Ooh-rah!
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22. November 2010 @ 01:04 |
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Originally posted by db336: notice how it doesn't say Marines :) Marines don't give away their locations
They probably just forgot to mention them...there have to be at least a few marines who geotag.
Either that, or the Marines just don't care...let them find us, we want a fight! Ooh-rah!
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23. November 2010 @ 05:32 |
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Originally posted by chanulus: not to nitpick, the Air Force has Airmen, the Army has Soldiers. could call them Servicemembers to be good with all branches.
thank you exactly what i was thinkng, each earn the title
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24. November 2010 @ 09:40 |
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Yeah the servicemen don't need to do it because the media does it for them
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