https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:39:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013797 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:28:56 +0000 mediagirl 1013797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: yeah, I'm not allowed to tell anyone when the three of us are going away until after we're back in case someone wants to break in and rob us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013782 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:22:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 1013782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember seeing on some celebrity's instagram a geotag of their daycare..!! They were flooded with comments to turn off their geotagging (because obviously everyone now knew where that celebrity's kids went to daycare!)... crazy. </p> <p>I never have location turned on... Wagon Sr. doesn't even like for me to post on social media that we're away for the weekend or anything like that because he doesn't like broadcasting the fact that our house is empty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013473 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:59:07 +0000 littleveesmommy 1013473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read this last night and it is most definitely scary how much can be found using the internet now! Luckily I turned off location services for every app on my phone except Maps, Find My iPhone, Weather, and some other mapping apps I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013458 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:55:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 1013458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went through and manually turned it off on most of the apps. I've left it up for things like google maps, Waze, and Map My Walk. Basically anything that I know legit uses a GPS, and why. I never understood Foursquare or anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013436 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:52:47 +0000 autumnlove 1013436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I did this last year when I read something online. Scary stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013418 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:50:38 +0000 Mrs.Ham 1013418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's a new story I just watched - scary!<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY#at=223" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY#at=223</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013072 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:19:35 +0000 Penny Lane 1013072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>one of the first things I turned off when I got my iPhone :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013024 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:06:58 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1013024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I have an android phone and I can still tag where I'm at when the geo-tagging is turned off. But it leaves it up to me to decide when I want to use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013023 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:06:36 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1013023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: haha I'm pretty weird and in my head it sounds get sarcastic, which as we all know comes across really well on the Internet :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1013002 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:02:30 +0000 runsyellowlites 1013002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: I didn't know anything about it.... mine was automatically on! :( I never did foursquare or anything like that either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012997 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:01:33 +0000 Freckles 1012997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never geotag my photos. I never understood the appeal of it, or of foursquare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012990 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:00:15 +0000 runsyellowlites 1012990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: That's funny! In a weird, stalkerish, not funny ha ha kind of way. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012984 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:59:04 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1012984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks! I've had the "location" feature turned off since I got my smartphone. I never wanted people to know I was posting from a certain location - that's weird. I always comment when people do that on Facebook that I'm glad to know their house is empty so I can rob them ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012976 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:57:04 +0000 runsyellowlites 1012976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I post quite often from my phone... mostly here, but occasionally to fb. :/</p> <p>@yellowbird: I edited the original post to give a rundown of the info! :)</p> <p>@BabyBoecksMom: I think I use mine quite a bit so idk if I want to turn it completely off.... It's definitely very limited now though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012974 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:56:29 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1012974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've seen this before, and thankfully, the default for geotagging is set to "off" on my phone. </p> <p>@JoyfulKiwi: The problem is, if you have geo-tagging on when you take a picture from your phone and load it to the internet, people can find out exactly where that picture was taken. The threat is that if you are taking pictures of your child and uploading them to facebook, predators can find out where you live and the most comment spots you visit, just from the coordinates listed on your picture. So, it's best to make sure the geo-tagging feature is turned off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012960 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:52:52 +0000 yellowbird 1012960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I cant watch it either. At work. Can you give a rundown? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012956 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:52:14 +0000 Mrsbells 1012956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: People can track your location based on photos you upload from your phone.</p> <p>I saw this on facebook earlier this year, but I dont really upload photos from my phones so it didnt bother me too much </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012955 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:52:07 +0000 runsyellowlites 1012955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: Being able to quickly &amp; easily locate you, your children, where you live, daycare/work, where you frequent, etc all by having the locations options on on pics you take &amp; post online from your phone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012949 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:49:36 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1012949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't watch the video. What's the danger? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-geotagging-with-smart-phone-pictures-please-read#post-1012935 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:46:46 +0000 runsyellowlites 1012935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has pretty much gone viral on my fb feed but thought I would share here too!!! Super scary stuff! I never knew about geotagging or locations settings... mine was automatically on! :(</p> <p><a href="http://kyeos.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/warning-if-you-take-photos-with-your-cell-phone/" rel="nofollow">http://kyeos.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/warning-if-you-take-photos-with-your-cell-phone/</a></p> <p>For those that can't watch: It's basically informing how quickly &amp; easily it is to locate you, your children, where you live, daycare/work, where you frequent, etc all by having the locations options on on pics you take &amp; post online from your phone! </p> <p>And since it was a tad difficult for me to find how to turn it off on my phone (one of those things I just wasn't seeing) here's how you can too on the iphone ios 6<br /> <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5467" rel="nofollow">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5467</a></p> <p>I just turned off all of mine for every app I take pics with &amp; my IG.. maybe I should turn off more? eep!</p> <p>(I know this would probably be suited for media too but I didn't want any parents to miss it!) </p>