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As a part of our mission to educate parents and keep kids safe online we have released an infographic detailing a number of surprising online predator statistics 
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Scoop.it!
Geotagging: the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as photographs, video, websites, [etc]. That’s the definition from Wikipedia.
If you’re still unclear on what this means, just imagine using your smartphone to take photos of your child at his/her school performance, then uploading them from your smartphone to a site like Facebook or Flickr, or directly to Twitter via a service like TwitPic or yfrog. Now imagine a complete stranger being able to pinpoint the exact location of where those photos were taken. Well, that’s what geotagging does. And it’s the same technology you’ll find in social networking services like Facebook Places or Foursquare.
Here’s a video that my good friend Sue Scheff forwarded to me. It gives you a nice glimpse into how geotagging technology works on your mobile device, and why you might want to consider disabling it on your smartphone, and your child’s.
Read more: http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com/2011/03/location-based-services-and-geotagging-how-they-work/
Gust MEES's insight:
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A MUST know...
Learning the basics of Cyber-Security is ALSO a MUST in 21st Century! Education should follow this and teaching it up from the early age as nearly anyone is Online today!
It is actually very easy, so don't fear about, and check my FREE courses to find out and to help protecting the kids worldwide:
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- https://gustmeesen.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/why-ict-security-why-the-need-to-secure-a-computer/
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