by the BBC
Soldiers’ lives are being put at risk by geotagged photos – marked with a location – on social media sites like Facebook, the US Army has warned. It says Facebook’s new Timeline feature, which creates a map of places geotagged by users, also poses a risk to soldiers and their families Many smartphones automatically geotag photos with GPS co-ordinates. In 2007 four US Army helicopters were destroyed in Iraq after geotagged photos were posted on the internet. By posting photos on Facebook or checking-in on social media sites like Foursquare or Gowalla, soldiers may reveal the exact location of their unit or their family, the US Army said in a statement. The release follows an army warning last year that geotag data in photos could tip off criminals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17311702
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