some ideas from Corona Virus "Stay at Home" order

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Mon Mar 23 12:24:49 PDT 2020


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On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 03:02:56PM -0400, Laura Brody thus spoke:
>    The same people who think that anyone who knows more about computers than
>    they do can hack into the Pentagon in 30 seconds or less, write a virus
>    program and take down the entire Internet in an hour and said virus can
>    make computers burst into flames. Yeah, _those_ people.....
>    Laura Brody
>    On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:57 PM Fairlight via Filepro-list
>    <[1]filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
> 
>      The unwashed masses...those are the ones spreading COVID-19, right?  :)
> 
>      (Too soon???)
> 
>      m->
> 
>      On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 02:52:36PM -0400, Laura Brody thus spoke:
>      >Â  Â  As computer geeks, we have the technical skills to do that. The
>      great
>      >Â  Â  unwashed masses don't even know that the GPS info in a photo
>      exists. That
>      >Â  Â  is the difference.
>      >Â  Â  Laura Brody
>      >Â  Â  On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:40 PM Fairlight via Filepro-list
>      >Â  Â  <[1][2]filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  I would fight that -so- hard.Ã*Â  That information is easily
>      spoofable.
>      >Â  Â  Â  That's like relying on non-PGP-signed emails as
>      'evidence'.Ã*Â  Prove it
>      >Â  Â  Â  really went down that way, and wasn't forged.
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  You could download any image from FB or Twitter, re-encode it
>      with
>      >Â  Â  Â  different EXIF information, and provide 'evidence' of anything
>      you like.
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  [2][3]https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3229130
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  See the post by 'apaflo' in that thread, specifically.
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  m->
>      >
>      >Â  Â  Â  On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 02:25:11PM -0400, Laura Brody via
>      Filepro-list
>      >Â  Â  Â  thus spoke:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > I read an article that said that the police have used the
>      GPS info in
>      >Â  Â  Â  > photos to find people that have a social media account, but
>      are
>      >Â  Â  Â  "missing".
>      >Â  Â  Â  > Teens that ran away, etc Once theyÃ*Â  know where the photo
>      was taken,
>      >Â  Â  Â  they
>      >Â  Â  Â  > have the state and county to start looking for that person.
>      I guess
>      >Â  Â  Â  that it
>      >Â  Â  Â  > could also be used in a legal case. What if someone had
>      video or
>      >Â  Â  Â  pictures
>      >Â  Â  Â  > that prove something, but when you extract the GPS info,
>      turns out
>      >Â  Â  Â  that the
>      >Â  Â  Â  > event was several miles away from what the person claimed.
>      Fraud and
>      >Â  Â  Â  > perjury. And they are busted. I guess that there are other
>      uses too, I
>      >Â  Â  Â  just
>      >Â  Â  Â  > can't think of any.
>      >Â  Â  Â  >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > Laura Brody
>      >Â  Â  Â  >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 1:43 PM Bob Rasmussen via
>      Filepro-list <
>      >Â  Â  Â  > [3][4]filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>      >Â  Â  Â  >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > On the topic of GPS coordinates: what use case can you
>      think of for
>      >Â  Â  Â  this?
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > I've been aware of geotagging (an dother EXIF data) in
>      photos and
>      >Â  Â  Â  videos
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > for years, and have written code to extract that data from
>      the
>      >Â  Â  Â  files, but
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > have not come up with many use cases. Ideas?
>      >Â  Â  Â  > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list
>      wrote:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Sometimes I think of some neat things I've done over the
>      years and
>      >Â  Â  Â  just
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > feel
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > like sharing.
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Here are a few: (linux OS)
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Merge PDFs into a single new PDF:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > /usr/bin/gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > -sOutputFile=file_new.pdf
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > file1.pdf file2.pdf
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Extract Pages from a PDF:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > i.e. page 1-4
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > /usr/bin/gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
>      -dFirstPage=1
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > -dLastPage=4
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > -sOutputFile=file_new.pdf file1.pdf
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Extract Pages from page # to end:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > /usr/bin/gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
>      -dFirstPage=2
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > -sOutputFile=file_new.pdf file1.pdf
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Get the numbers of pages in a PDF:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > /usr/bin/pdfinfo file1.pdf | grep "Pages:" | sed
>      s/"Pages:"//g |
>      >Â  Â  Â  sed s/"
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > "//g
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > i.e.
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > 8
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Get the Lat/Long from a JPG image:
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > exiftool -n -gpslatitude -gpslongitude file2.JPG
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > i.e.
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > GPS LatitudeÃ*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â
>      Ã*Â  : 31.4998652777778
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > GPS LongitudeÃ*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â  Ã*Â
>      Ã*Â  Ã* : -100.448014444444
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > I hope someone finds this useful.
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Be safe out there,
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > > Richard D. Williams
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
>      >Â  Â  Â  > > >
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