David Shipley of UNB's IT Services tells CHSJ News nowadays most smartphones have a GPS device built into them, and what many smartphone users don't realize is that location-based services are turned on by default, so that whenever you make a post on Twitter or other social media sites, anyone can see where you are through embedded coordinates.
Shipley says through regular activity on their smartphone, people can unknowingly broadcast a lot of information about their personal lives. He says parents in particular would likely be much more cautious if they knew about the level of data they were putting out there about their children.
Turning off the location-based services is as easy as going into your settings and pressing a button. Shipley says depending on the type of device you have, you can can turn it on or off by application, meaning you could leave it on for maps, but not photos.
