However, they could also be potentially dangerous information.
This is especially true when youre in a private location like your home or workplace.
Location tags can also be attached to other social media content, like posts on Twitter.
Learn how to get rid of them by looking at our guide onremoving location tags from your tweets.
On another note, sharing downloadable pictures with strangers can be dangerous when they may contain metadata.
Metadata in pictures could have your GPS location in them.
We strongly recommend youview and edit metadata in a photobefore you share downloadable pictures with strangers.
Travel Plans
Travel plans contain very specific information on your location.
And they can all be done with variousflight-tracking apps.
Lastly, avoid taking pictures of mail, IDs, and other sensitive documents.
Childrens School Information
Generally, you should avoid posting children at all on social media.
Contact Information
Your name, email address, and phone number can be used for impersonation.
Your phone number may show up in a picture of your pet with their collar ID tag.
Censor or mask any of these in your pictures before sharing them with the public.
If you use an iPhone, you cancensor photos with Markup.
Daily Schedules
Like travel plans, your day-to-day itinerary can threaten your security and privacy if shared.
It can tell people where you are, and it could tell thieves and burglars where youre not.
Login Information
One of the most sensitive things you could possibly share online is your password and username.
When you should really be worried about revealing your IP address is when you share screenshots.
Your net net app or computers parameters can be displaying your IP address somewhere.
Look out for that before you ever share any images.
Your IP address can be used to find out information about you.
This will include information such as your bank account statement, invoices, and receipts.
Its easy to think a picture is harmless until you give it a closer look.
