article_snippet: And this coupled with other advancements left developers questioning how to combat privacy.
article_snippet: : They are claimed to help maintain privacy at the moment that the image is actually taken.
article_snippet: With the increasing use of cellphone cameras in public places, the possibility of your picture or video being taken unaware and ending up on the internet is ever growing,' Ali wrote in a company blog post. '
article_snippet: Take Google's StreetView example, when Google's StreetView example pictured random people in objectionable places or situations such as vomiting, being arrested etc., or filming inside Google's StreetView example home fences. '
article_snippet: In some countries, Google is even allowed to keep the uncensored images for six months.'
article_snippet: Ali then asked: 'How much of our visual identity can we protect from unwanted privacy invaders? '
article_snippet: Ali's questions highlights a report that revealed depending on a smartphone's settings, the device could be using the device built-in GPS capability to embed the exact location of the user into the file of photos captured on camera, according to Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
article_snippet: In this process known as geotagging, if the photographs are shared online, criminals can track the user's movements based on the geotag and also find out where someone lives.
article_snippet: Facebook automatically strips out geotags, according to a report that revealed depending on a smartphone's settings.