Re: Hacking Pictures?

[Archangel Amael <archangel.amael () gmail com>]

They are likely referring to EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) data. I
will spare the wiki link.
The amount of info that a photo has tacked onto it depends on the
camera really. But it generally ranges from information about the
camera (make and model, F-stop settings) to GPS coordinates at the
time the photo was taken.  There is a lot of information around the
web on extracting, using and or abusing this data. For instance Larry
Pesce from pauldotcom  created one way of showing the potential
dangers. http://icanstalku.com/ There are many tools to work with this
data, even picasa (from google) shows this data along with photos that
are uploaded. As for whether people are aware, in the age of facebook,
it may not matter to many.

Hope that helps.


On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Steven Bonici <sbonici () ilaonline org> wrote:
> I was speaking to someone from DHS (not a tech) and he was telling me
> that there are applications that can "look" at a picture taken from a
> cell phone and can get the location of where the picture was taken.  Is
> this true?  If so, can someone provide more information?  If this can be
> done, people posting pictures from their cell phones to social sites
> should be aware of this...
>
> Thanks - Steven
>
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