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Ways Technology Threatens Your Privacy (and How to Protect Yourself)

by Riva Richmond on May 14, 2009 at 02:13 PM



4) Photo and video sharing

The dynamic duo of Web and digital camera have made it wonderfully easy to share new-baby pics and goofy videos. But if you don't want the whole world to see your bikini shots on the beach or that drunken dance at your wedding, you need to take some precautions. Many sites make your images public unless you take action to restrict access. The good news is that many sites, from Flickr to Facebook to YouTube, offer privacy settings that let you control precisely who can see exactly which pictures and videos. Even if you do want global exposure, take care that you don't give out more information that you intended, say, the location of your house if you're geotagging pictures on Flickr, which will plot where they were taken on a map.

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