Think twice before posting a photo

Think twice before posting a photo taken via cell phone and posting it online.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105
Nothing like telling a car thief where you store your car, where you live, etc.

Nice, Joe. Thanks!

good info, thanks...

Dang, I just had three computer nerds show up at my door step last week.....

Actualy very good info, thanks

Now to go see if it works... Next stop Sandra Bullocks house....

Oh Great! Built in Big Brother!

~WB

Big Brother and GPS, photographs, cell/smart phones, and who knows what other means of eavesdropping / spying on the public......Waive good bye to the constitution.....

Our 2nd Amendment right to own and bear arms is surely next on chopping block! Govt (EPA) recently tried to tax bullets - said the lead was dangerous (duh, and 357 magnum even more so than 9 mm)! Wash Post had article on banning high capacity gun clips this past weekend. Gun market seems to be only part of economy showing big rise in sales. What with increase in crime, illegal aliens with no jobs, unemployment, and rising food costs -- "WE THE PEOPLE" all need to be heavily armed and knowledgeable in protecting our lives and property.

I'm surprised they haven't passed a law for all new fire arms to have some sort of tracking device...

Shhhhh!! Don't give 'em any ideas.

I just bought an 1891 (first issued) Russian Mosin Nagat 7.62x59mm rifle for less than $100. 880 rounds of surplus '70s corrosive Romanian bullets in sardine cans added another $140. It's an accurate WW1 "sniper" rifle -- for dropping enemy at a distance. Even has a pig sticker for up close should you run out of ammo.

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=F3MOSIN9130

Can't be too prepared for the impending Zombie attack.

Another reason NOT to use Twitter, Facebook & all the rest.

accessories for the 21st century.

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Anyone remember the "60 Minute" segment last year about WIFI? The interview subject drove by (not even inside) a bank in New York City with a 60 Minute reporter in the van. Supposedly the interviewee was using the banks own WIFI to pick up banking transaction in progress just by driving past the bank!

Of course you all know that most new cars now have an ECU that records the last 30 seconds or so of vehicular data whenever its sensors determine something untoward is about to happen? Data includes position of throttle plate, brakes on or off, ABS triggered or not, one wheel spinning, steering wheel angle, lateral G-forces, and so forth. In other words a near accident scene re-enactment stored in your own cars computer. This data is only "saved" if the ECU detects an actual final event - i.e a sudden stop. Otherwise, the ECU will erase the data and start over again after a short time interval of "normal" driving. Haven't heard about any significant court cases, so maybe the guilty are just paying up and settling?

Pending FMCSA / DOT reg. that all Commerical Vehicles may soon be require to have these little black boxes. ~Alan

They have already tried req'd serial numbers on bullets to track them.
Gun control is really no longer an issue as they have driven the price of ammo so high, shooters like me can't afford it anymore. Now only criminals, like politicians and bankers can afford bullets.

I can think of several politicans and bankers that I would gladly donate bullets to - delivered at an appropriately high velocity.

Hey Joe, How is that project coming along? Last time I saw you was when I picked up my Speed C and you looked it over... Took me for a ride in yours... Sad to say... I have not done anything to mine, its in the garage on jack stands waiting... long story....


Tom

Great Tom, I was wondering what happened to you . Take your time on your car and do it right the first time. The Bug project has been slow due to work and the issues in the gulf. Slowly on track again and will post some pictures soon.

Fascinating info. Didn't know that my phone posted geo coordinates automatically. Will definately keep that in mind.

That said, the idea that your home address is somehow secret is pretty new. I think a lot of you guys are old enough to remember when city directories (to say nothing of phone books) were ubiquitous. We used to not be so scared all the time. Most of us, anyway.

Celebs are maybe a special case.

But I think the rest of us ought to not get our undies too much in a bunch just because the teevee station is experiencing a "sweeps week." Fact is, anyone can find your home address pretty easily and quickly, with or without using your phone pics.

If you're rich & important enough to have actual enemies you probably know it (or if you're just paranoid then you're probably beyond reasonable persuasion). But the rest of us would do well to remember that ordinary burglars aren't so clever. Lock your doors, have someone watch your house while your away, be alert....

But don't live in constant dread.

It's no way to go through life.

This iphone thing is absolutely true. STeve just underwent a bunch of security training for it. In the training, they actually demonstrated how the pictures that are taken (in afghanistan) can used to track movements and provide coordinates for enemy bombs.

Seriously...

angela

Good heads up. My wife just her first Iphone.

For me it's not an issue. My cell phone don't take pictures. Just like my car don't have cruise control, A/C, power anything, in fact it don't even have a lock on the door - hmmm.