Watch photos that include GPS information

An article about art auctions at Christies noted that some people inadvertently include exact GPS coordinates in the photo details they send to the auction house.

Being a person with too much time and too little technical knowledge, it occurred to me that we might be doing something similar when we take watch photos and load them throughout the internet. Do we?

I often delete location details in my photos before I upload, but I have a superficial knowledge about what data is available and the inner workings of the internet. Is this really something to consider or am I turning into my grandfather? Or should I/we take steps to ensure our photos don't include location data?

'...photos uploaded to Christie’s oftentimes include GPS coordinates for where they were taken; those coordinates are so precise that they reveal not just a street address but can even identify within a few feet exactly where inside a building a photo was taken. “Around 10 percent of the uploaded images contain exact GPS coordinates,” the researchers said.' From WP article.


Somewhere in the USA

Pretty sure I read on one the posts that EXIF data is tripped from photo's posted here.

Edited to add: I could not get location info from your photo

Yes, I have talked to Trev about this and it's a built in security layer. All EXIF data is stripped when posting to the forum.

Cool that OF strips the data but many places don’t. It’s crazy the info they can mine about you from posts. Why do advertisers need to track your internet usage? That was rhetorical. That’s why I have an ad blocker (white listed this site still not seeing ads my paid subscription ran out in August will re-up next month)

I’m pretty sure there’s settings on your phone, at least I remember turning off all locators in the settings when I first used my I phone camera for watches.
Indeed found it chilling to see other people’s watch pictures either on forums or in private messages connected to exact street address locations on a map.

Android makes it very easy and convenient to turn off the location settings. (Camera, Settings, more settings, Save location is the 1st option).
In my experience, Apple doesn't really make it as easy if you miss the initial question asking this. (Settings, privacy & security, location services, Camera, Never)
However, this is 100% the first thing any one should do when getting a new cellphone these days.