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Thursday, October 23. 2008

Geotagged Horse Photos Concern Owners

Geograph.org.uk hosts user-generated geotagged photos. The goal: to post a picture for every grid square of the Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles and Ireland. One visitor has called the site "a thief's shopping list." The suggestion is that people are trespassing to get photos and once they are posted, the images provide an easy way for horse thieves to find targets. I suppose it's the next logical step after StreetView and other services have been painted as dangerous to privacy, children and society.

- Horse and Hound

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It may seem innocuous to urban dwellers but the rural dweller faces extraordinary costs to provide the same security level as urban dwellers. It is in some cases impractical to do anything more than trust no one realises how easy it is to steal assets in a rural setting.
Horse owners are probably not moralising about the risk... just worrying about a practical problem. Any urban dwellers had $2000 worth of fuel stolen overnight from the back garden?
Of course Porsche owners may eventually raise the same concerns but their incomes will generally allow them to insure against the risk.
Next time food goes up in price, don't complain. Maybe the farmer is getting a bit to allow them to insure against the increasing risk of theft.
#1 David (Link) on 2008-10-24 06:08 (Reply)

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