Anthony Pearson
Senior Member
Interesting article on the BBC today reporting on the work done by a Guardian reporter Carole Cadwalladr :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43458110
This had me thinking about the apps we use to photograph/store our images. Now I'm not in a position to worry (I don't catch record-breaking fish) but with the use of GPS on phones and on such devices as the Deeper Smart Fish Finder, information that we would prefer to keep to ourselves may very well be being analysed and shared. If you save a photograph on such an app, it will record the GPS position of where it was taken (there are probably opt-outs to this, but people can be quite laissez-faire where these things are concerned).
Now, some of those who do catch the larger specimens don't rush to publicise their catches, but anyone who has a bait in the water can catch a record (if the fish is in the vicinity) and there's the danger that when they are 'in the moment' they wouldn't think twice about the possibility of their image data being acquired by others. Suddenly, those syndicate waters that have a no-publicity policy, could find that the whereabouts of their prized fish has been compromised!
Remember, data is being collected and somewhere, at some time, somebody may be looking very closely at it.
You heard it here first!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43458110
This had me thinking about the apps we use to photograph/store our images. Now I'm not in a position to worry (I don't catch record-breaking fish) but with the use of GPS on phones and on such devices as the Deeper Smart Fish Finder, information that we would prefer to keep to ourselves may very well be being analysed and shared. If you save a photograph on such an app, it will record the GPS position of where it was taken (there are probably opt-outs to this, but people can be quite laissez-faire where these things are concerned).
Now, some of those who do catch the larger specimens don't rush to publicise their catches, but anyone who has a bait in the water can catch a record (if the fish is in the vicinity) and there's the danger that when they are 'in the moment' they wouldn't think twice about the possibility of their image data being acquired by others. Suddenly, those syndicate waters that have a no-publicity policy, could find that the whereabouts of their prized fish has been compromised!
Remember, data is being collected and somewhere, at some time, somebody may be looking very closely at it.
You heard it here first!