Is your child's image safe in facebook?

**Monseratto** · April 21st, 2011 05:27 PM

Never use smartphones or cameras w/ the GPS on when taking pictures of your love ones if you intend to post them on the web... always check your security settings of your social website account.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY"]YouTube - Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks[/ame]

**chua_riwap** · April 21st, 2011 05:58 PM

no worries.....low tech lang cp ko.

bulok ang model.

**Monseratto** · April 21st, 2011 08:56 PM

Praning ka ba sa gadgets mo? Skynet maybe watching you...

Your iPhone's watching you. Should you care? (FAQ)
by Josh Lowensohn and Elinor Mills Font .
April 20, 2011 6:41 PM PDT

Researchers announced today that they found what look like secret files on the iPhone that track user location and store it on the device, without the permission of the device owner. It's unclear what the data is used for and why Apple has been collecting it in iOS products that carry a 3G antenna for nearly a year now.

Alasdair Allan, senior research fellow in astronomy at the University of Exeter, and writer Pete Warden, who discovered the log file and created a tool that lets users see a visualization of that data, say there's no evidence of that information being sent to Apple or anybody else. Even so, the pair note that the data is unencrypted, giving anyone with access to your phone or computer where backups may be stored a way to grab the data and extrapolate a person's whereabouts and routines.

The database of location information is stored primarily on your phone, though due to the iOS device backup system in iTunes, these files can also end up on your computer. When iTunes saves these backups, which are set by default to be stored every time you sync an iOS device, the data file goes along with it.

What's curious is that this log can extend across multiple devices as long as those devices use the same restore point. Allan and Warden noted that the database used as part of the project spanned an iPhone 3GS and an iPhone 4, the latter of which had used a restore point.

The researchers have more technical details and the downloadable application to see a visualization of the data collected from your phone over time here. The application does not work with iPhones on Verizon, the researchers said.

A database of cell tower coordinates and timestamps to indicate when your device was connecting with them. This includes what operator you're on and the country code. The research also found that Apple was tracking data about what Wi-Fi networks you were connecting to, which also included slightly less accurate location information, but continued to track that data by time. The researchers' visualization app shows large blue dots for frequent activity and smaller red or orange-colored dots for less frequent activity. However, it's unclear exactly what is triggering the logging, they said.

"By passively logging your location without your permission, Apple [has] made it possible for anyone from a jealous spouse to a private investigator to get a detailed picture of your movements," the researchers wrote in their FAQ.

The data file itself is completely unencrypted, meaning anyone who gets hold of it can access the data freely. On the iTunes side, there's an option to encrypt your backups, which will keep someone who gets access to a backup file while rummaging through your hard drive from being able to dig through it and pull out the database file.

To enable that feature, click on the device icon when it's plugged into iTunes, then check the "Encrypt iPhone Backup" item in the "Options" area. As for your iPhone, or iPad with 3G, your best bet is to keep someone else from getting it in the first place, and then using Apple's free "Find My iPhone" app to do a remote wipe if it's lost or stolen.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20...#ixzz1K9r3EEwH