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Tuesday 26 March 2013

Will Your Digital Camera Get You Fired?

By James Somerset


The more we use websites such as facebook and twitter the more we are becoming aware of our privacy. In our modern world we have to turn our minds to other state-of-the-art products and exactly how their use of technology might influence our feelings and social lives.

What if your camera was to disclose the most intimate details of your personal life in spite of your confidence that you had deleted any embarrassing pictures and movies that you may have taken? You might have heard the story of the man who sold his digital camera in a yard sale only to see formerly erased 'bed room pictures' recovered and displayed to his community.

Facebook has privacy preferences and settings. We can adjust them and restrict, to some level, who may see our images and personal information. However have you ever thought about your camera? Modern cameras are more than simple image recording gadgets. Some can record sound along with still and moving images. Lots of modern cameras can record location info via GPS (Global Positioning Satellites).

Many individuals have no idea that the portable memory cards that fit inside cameras do not erase the photographs you've taken when you press the 'Trashcan' button (or whatever it's called on your camera).

When you press the button on your camera that you think is erasing your photographs, the image is not erased at all. What actually happens is that the camera marks the area of the memory card as being ready for reuse. The image is not shown to you as you scroll through your albums however it does stay on the memory card. How long it will stay there depends on how often you use your camera and how big your card is but until it's overwritten free software could be used to get the image back again.

Most of the time this is fine. Few individuals take photographs that could affect their jobs or their lives. But there's a trend amongst teenagers and couples to spice up their sex lives by making their own very explicit pictures and videos. If these pictures continue to be exclusive, within a happy relationship, it's difficult to see any problem. However consider what happens if the images become public property or are found by friends, relatives or bosses?

Taking care of our privacy on-line is something we have to become more savvy about in our modern-day, digital lives. As part of your education and learning it's worth discovering ways to securely remove images and videos from your camera memory card.

Would you like to see how simple it is for someone to recover a long ago deleted photograph from a memory card? This video will show you:



It's potentially frightening and extends past anything you might get up to in the bed room. Digital data is everywhere and the method of un-deleting shown in the video applies equally to company secrets, patient information, confidential papers and reports and messages from loved ones. The ubiquitousness of flash memory chips in modern gadgets suggests that having a personal life may be something we've lost forever.

Your next action could be to check out an on-line bookstore to see what advice, education and learning is readily available for people who desire to help reduce the chances of their individual life winding up as gossip. You could be protecting your job as well as your reputation.




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