Smartphones create a “snap map” using our phones and any pictures we post online.
These pictures once online can be accessed by anyone with internet access and a device. NBC
Action News did a story on how these “snap maps” work and how they can be easily accessed.
The story revolved around a little girl whose mother posted pictures of her doing everyday activities such as going to school, the park, and even her favorite restaurant. These pictures were easily seen by the reporter who was conducting the story. Not only was the reporter able to see the pictures without permission but also able to pinpoint the exact locations of all the places the little girl regularly was at down to the exact area of the park she plays. The information was
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The “snap maps” work similarly to the handheld mapping services we use on our phones. This allows every picture to be tagged with the location it was taken and if posted on any site can show random people where the photo was taken without your knowledge.
We all think that our phones are only ours until they’re not anymore. Everything we do is saved to our phones whether we hit delete or not. There are dozens of apps that pull up deleted software we think is gone forever. There is always a copy of what we do in our hard drives. Even simple things like shopping online or using public Wi-Fi leaves us susceptible to viruses. If we have sensitive information on our phones and send them in to be fixed at the headquarters they look through every file to make sure of the source of the virus. Having information that you think is private becomes quite the opposite without any intentions for it to do so. Hackers can unleash a virus into your computer via Bluetooth, they just need access to the correct software and be roughly within 30 feet in order to infect your device and uncover every file you thought was
These pictures once online can be accessed by anyone with internet access and a device. NBC
Action News did a story on how these “snap maps” work and how they can be easily accessed.
The story revolved around a little girl whose mother posted pictures of her doing everyday activities such as going to school, the park, and even her favorite restaurant. These pictures were easily seen by the reporter who was conducting the story. Not only was the reporter able to see the pictures without permission but also able to pinpoint the exact locations of all the places the little girl regularly was at down to the exact area of the park she plays. The information was
showed …show more content…
The “snap maps” work similarly to the handheld mapping services we use on our phones. This allows every picture to be tagged with the location it was taken and if posted on any site can show random people where the photo was taken without your knowledge.
We all think that our phones are only ours until they’re not anymore. Everything we do is saved to our phones whether we hit delete or not. There are dozens of apps that pull up deleted software we think is gone forever. There is always a copy of what we do in our hard drives. Even simple things like shopping online or using public Wi-Fi leaves us susceptible to viruses. If we have sensitive information on our phones and send them in to be fixed at the headquarters they look through every file to make sure of the source of the virus. Having information that you think is private becomes quite the opposite without any intentions for it to do so. Hackers can unleash a virus into your computer via Bluetooth, they just need access to the correct software and be roughly within 30 feet in order to infect your device and uncover every file you thought was