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Mining EXIF Data From Camera Phones
emeitner notes that folks at the Internet Storm Center wrote scripts that harvested 15,291 images from Twitpic and analyzed the EXIF information. This reader adds, "While mining EXIF data from images is nothing new, how many people would allow this data to leave their cell phone if they knew what it contained? The source code for the scripts is also available from the article." "399 images included the location of the camera at the time the image was taken, and 102 images included the name of the photographer. ... The iPhone is including the most EXIF information among the images we found. ... It not only includes the phone's location, but also accelerometer data showing if the phone was moved at the time the picture was taken and the readout from the [built-]in compass showing in which direction the phone was pointed at the time."
http://xkcd.com/596/
I wonder how many grow ops have been busted by the cops looking through twitpics/myspace photos metadata.
This is why I shoot film on an old manual camera.
And then drop off my film to get it processed.
And then wait for it to get processed.
And then scan it with my film scanner.
And then correct it in Photoshop.
And then go to Google Maps and try and remember just where I was when I took the shot.
And then extract the longitude & latitude from the Google Maps URL.
And then convert the longitude & latitude from decimal to radians.
And then tag my photo with appropriate tags.
Privacy for the fail.