神马文学网Cybercasing vexes you ?
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In their latest research, The International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) has reported that photos and videos posted on social networks and media sharing sites can be used to reveal the geographical location of people who post them, making them vulnerable to “cybercasing”, that is, using geotagged information embedded in the files to mount attacks in the real world.
Geotagged information can be automatically embedded by digital cameras and smart phones. ICSI’s researchers matched the latitude and longitude embedded in images with Google Maps Street View, to find where the photos were taken. In fact, in some cases, they were able to discover home addresses of people who had upload their photos and videos on sites like Craigslist and YouTube, even when they had opted to hide their real names and email addresses.
Ordinary citizens cannot help but fret about the risk brought about by the double-edged weapon---Geotagging, as by cybercasing, that is, using online location-based data and services to determine when a home is unoccupied with a view to robbing.
How do you take geotagging and cybercasing?
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