catseyenu
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Re: Invasion of the Computer Snatchers
They almost outed him at slashdot with meta data left in the photos. Looks like he's from OK.
»it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=···14748871
SLUG: mag/hacker
DATE: 12/19/2005
PHOTOGRAPHER: Sarah L. Voisin/TWP
id#: LOCATION: Roland, OK
CAPTION:
PICTURED: Canon Canon EOS 20D
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh 2006:02:16 15:44:49 Sarah L. Voisin |
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altermatt
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| said by catseyenu  :They almost outed him at slashdot with meta date left in the photos. Which brings up the next point, of interest now, I'm sure, to all photojournalists: can you easily edit the exif data in a photo? I understand that in this case, it wasn't exif data, but metadata the photog put in there (they don't make cameras with gps yet  ), but...
In this case, it was simply the photog's carelessness (and thoughtlessness---while I hate what that guy has done, if he's given a guarantee of anonymity by the mag, it's their responsibility to honor that and not put his location ANYWHERE.)
There is some poetic justic, however, to him being located by technology....IF this isn't a plant to put people off his trail ---maybe he's really in New York.
Catseyenu, do you see why we NYers don't trust you Okies? .
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antdude
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| said by altermatt :said by catseyenu :They almost outed him at slashdot with meta date left in the photos. Which brings up the next point, of interest now, I'm sure, to all photojournalists: can you easily edit the exif data in a photo? I understand that in this case, it wasn't exif data, but metadata the photog put in there (they don't make cameras with gps yet ), but... In this case, it was simply the photog's carelessness (and thoughtlessness---while I hate what that guy has done, if he's given a guarantee of anonymity by the mag, it's their responsibility to honor that and not put his location ANYWHERE.) Maybe easy with a HEX editor?
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catseyenu
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said by altermatt :Catseyenu, do you see why we NYers don't trust you Okies? . Because we know when/how to take out the trash?
FYI, I came to OK from NY.:D |
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scrummie02
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he's been outed...
»fishbowl.pastiche.org/2006/02/19···metadata
Apparently this "hacker" isn't very 1337 |
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catseyenu
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Fix East | Did you grab a copy?
DNS query for fishbowl.pastiche.org failed: TimedOut
DNS query for pastiche.org failed: TimedOut
No records to display |
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antiserious
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| said by catseyenu :Did you grab a copy?
... see if this works for you ...
»/forum/remark,15519770
... tried posting the html in dev/null ...
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catseyenu
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Fix East | Thank you antiserious, it did work.
Looks like a rehash of the slashdot information, no? |
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antiserious
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... pretty much ... still, a good example of what you can glean from just a few clues, and the dangers of metafile data ... I would have thought a newspaper like the Washington Post would have been more careful ...
... ** edit - I wonder now just how much data you can unearth from all those camera-phone upskirt shots the lowlifes are so fond of posting ...
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catseyenu
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| said by antiserious : ... ** edit - I wonder now just how much data you can unearth from all those camera-phone upskirt shots the lowlifes are so fond of posting ... LOL! Good question.
I was looking at a few pics I have stored locally and they don't have all of the detail information. Is this a "feature" of photoshop type apps? |
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altermatt
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| said by catseyenu :I was looking at a few pics I have stored locally and they don't have all of the detail information. You need to look at the exif data (with an exif reader or an app that supports it), which usually includes the make of camera, lens, fstop, etc. You can ADD metadata like where the pic was taken, what project it was for, etc. which is what it seems this photographer did. The camera can tell what settings you used, what camera, the date and time, but so far can't tell where the pic was taken or why .
As for the Asexual bit, aren't all nerdy script kiddies asexual? 
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antdude
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Also, on »digg.com/technology/Washington_P···t_hacker (same story).
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Homebrew1994
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said by altermatt :said by catseyenu :They almost outed him at slashdot with meta date left in the photos. I understand that in this case, it wasn't exif data, but metadata the photog put in there (they don't make cameras with gps yet ), but... Several professional grade cameras are GPS compatable. The Nikon D1x has:
RS232C port for connection to GPS units, GPS location is recorded in image header
I just posted »[Camera] Meta File and GPS Question... in the Digital Imaging forum to see if any experts there can shed some light on this question.
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