Using location on photos on your phone can be a risk; learn to disable

Posting photos on social networks, such as Facebook and Instagram, revealing your current location may seem like a harmless practice, but it poses a real security risk. According to the alarm monitoring company ADT, malicious people find good opportunities through the ease of obtaining information and benefit from the ingenuity of users to act. Still according to the company, criminals can monitor their victims to find out when they are traveling and thus have no trouble invading the house.

Fortunately, Android smartphones and iPhones (iOS) allow you to disable the geocalling feature so that this information is not exposed. See, in the following tutorial, how to keep your phone's geolocator turned off, activating it only when necessary.

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Learn to disable geolocation on photos on Android and iPhone (iOS)

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On android

Step 1. To turn off geocoding on photos on Android, open the camera on your smartphone and swipe from left to right. This will open the setup menu.

Opening the camera setup menu on Android

Step 2. Disable the "Save location" option, as the image below points out.

Turning off the Android camera geolocation

On iPhone (iOS)

Step 1. To stop displaying your location on photos on your iPhone, go to the "Settings, " touch "Privacy" and then "Location Services."

Step 2. Then search for "Camera" and tap on this option.

Tap Camera to access the location data sharing option

Step 3. Finally, select the "Never" option.

That way, whenever you take a photo, whether it's on Android or iPhone, it will not show your current location. Try to activate your geolocator only when it's really needed - like accessing the GPS, for example.

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