Upgrade Your Life: The Worst Five Images To Be Displayed Online
With networking online social life these days, to decide exactly how to represent online can be tricky. This episode of your life upgrade addresses five types of images that you should avoid to put online - and why.
First Do not send photos that show personal information
Even if your Twitter account is private and monitor who sees what on your Facebook profile, personal data contained in the photos is not necessarily secure. Aliens and pirates are not the only threat for people you know can steal your identity, too. And according to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research Group, are with increasing frequency, thanks to social media. The Identity Fraud Survey Javelin 2010, people aged between 18 and 24 were particularly vulnerable to this type of identity theft, probably due to its high level of commitment to social networking sites.In 2011, this demographic has changed in the 25 - to 34 who are now the most likely victims of so-called "friendly fraud Older Americans are less likely to get their accounts of the media, this also puts them at high risk. identity theft at the hands of friends and acquaintances.
* You should not post photos with any identifiable information whatsoever. No licenses, marriage certificates, leases, or a passport. You might think it's obvious, but an image search and you will see many married couples, teenage drivers and proud world travelers displaying high-resolution images of their documents.
* Even if you think your photos are private, more people might be able to see what you think. On Facebook, friends of friends can view photos labeled, if the owner of the image parameter set. Facebook picture settings are very complex, err on the side of caution and UNTAG photos if necessary.
2. Turn off location services and location-based
The cameras are becoming more sophisticated - even the ones built into our phones. How to take a picture, information many cameras recording or metadata called EXIF data, including make and model parameters such as shutter speed and aperture, and when the photo was taken. Although much of this is useful is right for you to know that you can send this information with a photo. Probably the biggest problem with the data of photo geotagging is inserted: when a camera with GPS, memory card, or identifying the image of the mobile phone exact location in the metadata - even without your knowledge. Some social networks broadband data services, but others, including - meaning they have published most of his address online home of someone who knows how to display the geolocation data.
If the device contains this position relative to the default, you must remove from your settings. If you work with the camera point-and-shoot or digital SLR, you can find this via the settings menu of the camera - just look for the menu, which refers to "geotagging", "place" or "spatial "and make sure the feature is not available.
Turn on geotagging iPhone and Android
To enable the geolocation of an Android device, open the camera application and make sure "Geo-tag photos" box in the Options menu is selected. On a sudden the iPhone settings icon, click on "location services" in the menu, find "Camera" and move the cursor on or off.
3. Incriminating photos
Since the enormously popular social networks, employers still hopping on the Web to research potential new hires. Many companies search the web for information on potential or current workers. Now, the company background check, such as Social Intelligence Corp. has been activated for this work, the audit policy. The FTC has recently stated that these companies can be stored long-removed from the network leaks up to 7 years. And since 47% of Facebook within the walls of the content, which could be considered profane, this fact is very important to us.
* Resist the temptation to send a "party" pictures on social networks. And yes, this means that no image with the red keg cup in hand, even if you only drink water.
* Keep the way you want to be seen professionally in mind when choosing a profile picture.
* If you have friends on a label incriminating Facebook picture, a recent amendment of the privacy which means you can approve or reject the label, which will prevent it to show on your profile page. Consider this new functionality is limited, so these images may appear elsewhere on Facebook.
4. Cut badly cropped photos
While there is no security risk, there is little reason to choose the Facebook profile picture with a stray arm or shoulder in it. If you want to meet people online on a dating site or social networking, make the effort to choose a profile that provides no distraction from the middle of another person in the picture. Another person could distract anyone looking at your profile - Who's there? Where was it taken? Does your ex? But keeping the focus on you is very easy, thanks to free applications.
Enhance your photos with these free tools
Photo editing services like Picnik, and may be pruning DrPic a wink. There is no reason to use Microsoft Paint to edit an image - if you need to tinker with one shot, use one of these free services.
And an interesting point - according to statistics on OkCupid, one of the most popular websites dating, which is much more likely to start a conversation with a potential partner, if the picture shows something interesting to play the guitar or diving .
5th Avoid webcam profile photos
First Do not send photos that show personal information
Even if your Twitter account is private and monitor who sees what on your Facebook profile, personal data contained in the photos is not necessarily secure. Aliens and pirates are not the only threat for people you know can steal your identity, too. And according to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research Group, are with increasing frequency, thanks to social media. The Identity Fraud Survey Javelin 2010, people aged between 18 and 24 were particularly vulnerable to this type of identity theft, probably due to its high level of commitment to social networking sites.In 2011, this demographic has changed in the 25 - to 34 who are now the most likely victims of so-called "friendly fraud Older Americans are less likely to get their accounts of the media, this also puts them at high risk. identity theft at the hands of friends and acquaintances.
* You should not post photos with any identifiable information whatsoever. No licenses, marriage certificates, leases, or a passport. You might think it's obvious, but an image search and you will see many married couples, teenage drivers and proud world travelers displaying high-resolution images of their documents.
* Even if you think your photos are private, more people might be able to see what you think. On Facebook, friends of friends can view photos labeled, if the owner of the image parameter set. Facebook picture settings are very complex, err on the side of caution and UNTAG photos if necessary.
2. Turn off location services and location-based
If the device contains this position relative to the default, you must remove from your settings. If you work with the camera point-and-shoot or digital SLR, you can find this via the settings menu of the camera - just look for the menu, which refers to "geotagging", "place" or "spatial "and make sure the feature is not available.
Turn on geotagging iPhone and Android
To enable the geolocation of an Android device, open the camera application and make sure "Geo-tag photos" box in the Options menu is selected. On a sudden the iPhone settings icon, click on "location services" in the menu, find "Camera" and move the cursor on or off.
3. Incriminating photos
* Resist the temptation to send a "party" pictures on social networks. And yes, this means that no image with the red keg cup in hand, even if you only drink water.
* Keep the way you want to be seen professionally in mind when choosing a profile picture.
* If you have friends on a label incriminating Facebook picture, a recent amendment of the privacy which means you can approve or reject the label, which will prevent it to show on your profile page. Consider this new functionality is limited, so these images may appear elsewhere on Facebook.
4. Cut badly cropped photos
Enhance your photos with these free tools
Photo editing services like Picnik, and may be pruning DrPic a wink. There is no reason to use Microsoft Paint to edit an image - if you need to tinker with one shot, use one of these free services.
And an interesting point - according to statistics on OkCupid, one of the most popular websites dating, which is much more likely to start a conversation with a potential partner, if the picture shows something interesting to play the guitar or diving .
5th Avoid webcam profile photos
How to improve your self-portraits
For a photo outside flattering, avoiding the high afternoon sun Instead, either take your own pictures - or better yet, recruit the help of a friend - early morning and late afternoon hours when photographers are known for getting the best type of light for portraits.
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