New Grower Security / Danger - Posting grows

[Milky]

Just wondering if there is any danger of posting grows here / online. If so, what are your precautionary actions?
I have Tor on my iPhone and MacBook however I haven't used it yet. I might have to make a new email from a public computer and make a new account here with Tor.

Am I paranoid?

 

[namvet25]

YUP.Your talking about posting pictures right? Some cameras put a digital code in there pics but you have to disable it.Other wise no one can tell who you are.

 

[Milky]

YUP.Your talking about posting pictures right? Some cameras put a digital code in there pics but you have to disable it.Other wise no one can tell who you are.

Really? I know about the code in the iPhone. I've disabled the location services under the privacy tab but I'll be using my SLR anyway!

 

[Dr Fluff]

[h=2]How to Remove Camera and GPS Data?[/h]If you are planning to share your personal photographs over email or on a public website (like Tumblr), it may sometimes make sense to remove the camera data and the location information from the images before putting them online.
There’s a free Windows utility called QuickFix that can help you here. Simply drag-n-drop the photographs in the QuickFix window and click the Clean Metadata button to remove all identifiable information from the photographs. It creates a new copy and won’t overwrite your original photographs.
QuickFix will not only delete the EXIF data and the GPS location information from your photographs but also the IPTC and XMP tags that may have added by the photo editing application.
Microsoft also offers a free utility called Pro Photo Tools that you may use to edit as well as delete common metadata from digital photographs including the GPS location.
[h=3]An Alternative Way to Remove EXIF Information[/h]If the photographs are in one folder, you can easily remove the EXIF data from one or more of these photographs using Windows Explorer itself without requiring any additional software.
Select all the images files, right click and choose Properties. Now hit the Details tab and click on the “Remove Properties and Personal Information” link. The next screen will give you an option to remove the various metadata that is embedded inside the pictures. Simple.

MAC OSX

Mac users will have to download some extra software to get the job done. The easiest tool is an app called SmallImage. Link http://download.cnet.com/SmallImage/3000-2193_4-55684.html to download the file (Snow Leopard users should note the red text at the bottom of the page; you'll need a newer version of the app).
Open up the app and drag the photos you want to clean into its window. Uncheck the "Recompress at quality" box, since we want to keep the photos high quality. Then, just hit "Process" and you'll see copies of all the photos show up in their folder. If you want to replace the original photos instead of creating copies, you can just uncheck the "Add Suffix" box (as shown in the above photo), and it will just replace the original photos with clean ones.

LINUX

Linux users can use a tool called EXIFTool (which is available for Windows and OS X too, but is a command line tool, so we opted for the easier alternatives above). You can install it on Ubuntu by running the command: sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl
Then, to clean your photos, just cd to the their folder and run: exiftool -all= *.jpg
It will make copies of all your photos for you, adding _original to the end of the original photos (with the personal information still intact).

IPHONE

Use the DeGeo app to delete geo location

There are a lot of other programs out there, but these are some of the easeist ways to delete any personal information that may be lingering in your photos. Keep in mind you'll still need to do manual photo editing if your address or phone number is in the shot itself—this only removes data from the file on your computer, not the visible picture.

 

[wannagrowbuds]

The SLR will still leave EXIF tags in the pictures. To be safe get an EXIF editor or eraser and remove the tags before posting.

 

[Justinsane]

YUP.Your talking about posting pictures right? Some cameras put a digital code in there pics but you have to disable it.Other wise no one can tell who you are.

PLEASE tell me HOW you know this... and dont just say that you read it some where.
IF you say something like this you MUST be 100% sure that this is the truth...not just something you think because someone else told you... this is really seriuos man.
J

 

[namvet25]

What does the EXIF tags actually say?

 

[blue]

Relax Justin there's plenty of posts here on exif data. I can find you some more info if you like and PM it to you.

Posting from a phone - not that safe.

I've had to ask members to pull down their photos (usually linked from other image hosting sites) that clearly display the geolocation.

Physically putting your photos on the computer and then either removing the exif data with a program, or editing in MS Paint and saving and a JPEG will remove the data too.


Edit: From Wiki

[h=3]Privacy and security[/h] Since the Exif tag contains metadata about the photo, it can pose a privacy issue. For example, a photo taken with a GPS-enabled camera can reveal the exact location and time it was taken, and the unique ID number of the device - this is all done by default - often without the user's knowledge. Many users may be unaware that their photos are tagged by default in this manner, or that specialist software may be required to remove the Exif tag before publishing. For example, a whistleblower, journalist or political dissident relying on the protection of anonymity to allow them to report malfeasance by a corporate entity, criminal, or government may therefore find their safety compromised by this default data collection.
In December 2012, anti-virus programmer John McAfee was arrested in Guatemala while fleeing from alleged persecution[SUP][14][/SUP] in Belize, which shares a border. Vice magazine had published an exclusive interview with McAfee "on the run"[SUP][15][/SUP] that included a photo of McAfee with a Vice reporter taken with a phone that had geotagged the image.[SUP][16][/SUP] The photo's metadata included GPS coordinates locating McAfee in Guatemala, and he was captured two days later.[SUP][17][/SUP]
According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA is targeting Exif information under the XKeyscore program.[SUP][18][/SUP]
The privacy problem of Exif data can be avoided by removing the Exif data using a metadata removal tool.

 

[namvet25]

PLEASE tell me HOW you know this... and dont just say that you read it some where.
IF you say something like this you MUST be 100% sure that this is the truth...not just something you think because someone else told you... this is really seriuos man.
J

Of course I read it someware.how else do you get info? I don't remember excactly where but I have seen numerous posts stating this.

 

[Justinsane]

Of course I read it someware.how else do you get info? I don't remember excactly where but I have seen numerous posts stating this.

And then it becomes a fact brother? No it really does not. Not unless YOU know how the police and the state is working, what methods they have etc etc... If everything you read on the internet was true we had one funny looking world....

Just look at all the "snowden documents" No one could belive this before the TRUTH got out there.

People must stop be so naive and wake up and smell the coffee.... not saying you are wrong just saying dont belive everything you read and dont pass on info that you are not 100% sure about.

Peace

J