M38A1
Admin
I was surfing SmugMug galleries for Hurricane Harvey and Irma images as those are true 'boots on the ground' images from people either potentially or actually affected by these events.
I came across this gallery and my jaw about hit the floor. I'm all for documenting things and pushing images up to a safe site for the storage of the actual images. But one very important item was forgotten - SECURITY SETTINGS FOR PRIVACY.
There is little doubt this could adversely affect them from not only an identity theft situation, but an actual physical theft event as well. I'm talking names, DOB's, SSN's, service records, images of safes and firearms.
So take note folks - verify your security settings BEFORE you post things with this much personal information.
ps: if the above link doesn't work, it's probably because SM sent them a little 'note from a concerned photographer'. I pointed it out to them via an email as I had no way to contact the site owner, so I'm hoping SM does. If the link is bad, SM must have done it.
I came across this gallery and my jaw about hit the floor. I'm all for documenting things and pushing images up to a safe site for the storage of the actual images. But one very important item was forgotten - SECURITY SETTINGS FOR PRIVACY.
There is little doubt this could adversely affect them from not only an identity theft situation, but an actual physical theft event as well. I'm talking names, DOB's, SSN's, service records, images of safes and firearms.
So take note folks - verify your security settings BEFORE you post things with this much personal information.
ps: if the above link doesn't work, it's probably because SM sent them a little 'note from a concerned photographer'. I pointed it out to them via an email as I had no way to contact the site owner, so I'm hoping SM does. If the link is bad, SM must have done it.