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Facebook photos put soldiers' lives at risk: U.S. Army

article published on 11 March, 2012

Geotagged photos pose a risk, Army says. It has warned that smartphones often geotag photos automatically with GPS information, which can give away the exact location of a unit. In 2007, four US Army helicopters were destroyed in Iraq after geotagged photos featuring them were posted online. The Army also warns that this information could be dangerous to soldiers at home who use Facebook ... [ read the full article ]

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1nsan3
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_ 		11. March 2012 @ 08:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
exactly. Im not in the military, and i NEVER geotag photos. noone ever needs to know where i am , or was or where my family is.
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phobet
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_ 		15. March 2012 @ 21:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by 1nsan3:
 exactly. Im not in the military, and i NEVER geotag photos. noone ever needs to know where i am , or was or where my family is.

I turn the geotag option off, as soon as I get a phone. But there are a lot of people that aren't aware of this capability. The army would do well in educating their personnel on how smart phones can be used against them and their mission.
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