Thursday, August 12, 2010

Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live

By Kate Murphy
New York Times

When Adam Savage, host of the popular science program “MythBusters,” posted a picture on Twitter of his automobile parked in front of his house, he let his fans know much more than that he drove a Toyota Land Cruiser.

Embedded in the image was a geotag, a bit of data providing the longitude and latitude of where the photo was taken.

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