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So Instagram geotags photos when the user agrees to enable geotagging. And photos on public feeds are public. I'm not seeing how this is unexpected or newswort

by akerl_ 12y ago

So Instagram geotags photos when the user agrees to enable geotagging. And photos on public feeds are public. I'm not seeing how this is unexpected or newsworthy. It just sounds like there are folks out there who don't consider their location to be a secret. Folks who do are able to communicate that by denying the geotagging permission.

XorNot 12y ago
Isn't the point more that geotagging of not your home still tends to inadvetantly reveal it, since statistically you'll tag things in an approximate radii of where you live?
- akerl_ 12y ago
  I don't think that's the point, given that the article is talking about tagging the Christmas tree in your living room.
  - hotgoldminer 12y ago
    The point isn't just identifying where you live. It's where you go. If the crowd you move in exists in some anti-them ecosystem, perhaps it is guilty by suspicion or retroactively.
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geofft 12y ago
How many folks who answer "yes" to geotagging actually know what they're saying yes to? Are there any who say "yes" because they click yes to all dialog boxes? How many of them intend to publicize the location of pretty pictures they take while traveling, but haven't thought about publicizing their home address? Note that even Foursquare, bastion of not considering your location a secret, fuzzes home addresses/GPS locations if you somehow decide it's a good idea to check in to your home, even though they publish exact locations of everywhere else you go. I'm sure there are a number of users who are intentionally geotagging all their pictures, and thinking about the fact they do so every time they hit publish. The author probably just doesn't expect that that number is 100%.
- bennettfeely 12y ago
  This was (or maybe still is) one of the most troubling things about Twitter's location services feature. When someone tweets and chooses to share their location, the label appears something vague like "Pittsburgh" or "New York City". They may not be aware that the precise coordinates of where the tweet was sent, possibly narrowing down not just where they are, but even what room they are in, is shared with anyone and everyone.
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by akerl_ 12y ago

XorNot 12y ago

Isn't the point more that geotagging of not your home still tends to inadvetantly reveal it, since statistically you'll tag things in an approximate radii of where you live?

akerl_ 12y ago
I don't think that's the point, given that the article is talking about tagging the Christmas tree in your living room.
- hotgoldminer 12y ago
  The point isn't just identifying where you live. It's where you go. If the crowd you move in exists in some anti-them ecosystem, perhaps it is guilty by suspicion or retroactively.

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geofft 12y ago

How many folks who answer "yes" to geotagging actually know what they're saying yes to? Are there any who say "yes" because they click yes to all dialog boxes? How many of them intend to publicize the location of pretty pictures they take while traveling, but haven't thought about publicizing their home address? Note that even Foursquare, bastion of not considering your location a secret, fuzzes home addresses/GPS locations if you somehow decide it's a good idea to check in to your home, even though they publish exact locations of everywhere else you go. I'm sure there are a number of users who are intentionally geotagging all their pictures, and thinking about the fact they do so every time they hit publish. The author probably just doesn't expect that that number is 100%.

bennettfeely 12y ago
This was (or maybe still is) one of the most troubling things about Twitter's location services feature. When someone tweets and chooses to share their location, the label appears something vague like "Pittsburgh" or "New York City". They may not be aware that the precise coordinates of where the tweet was sent, possibly narrowing down not just where they are, but even what room they are in, is shared with anyone and everyone.
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