PLN 10

I read the article, "Digital photos can reveal your location, raise privacy fears” written by Mark Milian from CNN, and this matters to the world, because whoever is constantly online is at risk. Some people have figured out how to take a picture that you have posted on Facebook of your dog, and find out where you live, and where you have recently been. They do this by using something called an Exchangeable Image File Format (EIFF). It can detail whether the photographer used a flash, which digital effects were applied to a picture and when the photo was taken. EXIF can also contain the precise GPS coordinates for where a photo was taken. This matters to education, because now in school, we use the computer every day. A lot of it is also used with pictures, like what I am doing in my business technology class. It can be very dangerous. I can connect this directly to what Mrs. Smith taught us about our digital footprint. It only shows that not only teachers are looking at us, but strangers too. This connects to me, because I am on Facebook all of the time. Now that I know what can be done, I’m going to be even more careful for what I do online.