(KTLA) – We take and share photos every day, often without realizing we might be revealing much more than the image itself.
“Almost any time a photograph is taken, there’s a lot of data collected along with that photo,” said Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan, a professor at UCLA and privacy expert.
Smartphones embed location data in every picture, so anyone who receives it could potentially see exactly where it was taken. That can expose where you live, work, or vacation.
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“I think in most cases we are sharing our location and information about us without even knowing it,” said Srinivasan…