General Reports

This is an Alert for those of you who use a cell phone cameras and from time to time take a picture of your favorite provider or a maybe a SW out on the streets. You may want to rethink about doing that ever again especially if you post the picture on this site or any site.

Watch the Youtube report about cell phone cameras and privacy issues.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4Dr-RvNZo[/url]

Think of all the members across USASG posting pictures with their cell phone cameras!

Maybe this should be Rule #23, don't use cell phone pictures to post pictures.

Harpo.

Ditto on Paris guys. Its a shame. A great city but a dry one! Its great to know about Rome but for me the main problem there was the language. No one seemed to or wanted to understand English for some reason. Besides, Rome is too touristy and too risky from thieves / scammers and god-forbid mafi-a POV. I will never be 100% comfortable in Rome doing anything anyway. Just my 0. 02.

About other "outside Europe" places, south america comes to mind. Heard great things about Brazil and all but surprisingly Buenos Aires turned out to be a heaven for this. They have these so-called neatly maintained "private apartments", tons of them, where one might go and choose to see who they want to spend time with. One such recommended place on argentinaprivate forum is.

[url]http://www.gysell.com/friends.html[/url]

These ladies all work different schedules as they have other full time jobs as well. Its amazing how they are into maintaining themselves and making it all about you when it came to spending time together. You can fill out a fantasy form and the apartment owner, Gysell, will work the schedules and make it happen for you. For perspective, two of these girls can spend an hour for mere 200 Argentine roses (50 US roses). Simple, affordable, hassle-free experience and just great memories. Now, am I wrong to call this place a heaven?

Fortunately, while still being on the same planet, possibilities are limitless elsewhere. LOL. Once you are spoiled in these liberal areas, the scene there is impossibly difficult to match here! Okay I'll stop now.

T. J.

[QUOTE=Cincyfunguy; 1121681]I see a number of you have posted good info on the "world outside America," largely focused on Europe. Which is also fantastic. The posts show a variety of experiences and are all true, but this is to be expected.

My original report on this subject focused on the "best of the best" sort of option and not actually Europe, but since most of the discussion has been on Europe, Germany and Netherlands in particular, I will concentrate on that for the moment.

There are of course the area RLD's, which can be nice and depending on where, a little seedy, nonetheless, safer than what we know of as the SW scene here, and with a lot of variety, no matter what your desires, and again, legal. Stuttgart is actually quite a hot spot as an RLD and probably the best of such places in Europe.

As with anywhere, it's always good to know your way around and there are plenty ways to do this and because of the more liberal nature, much easier to do so than here. In fact, there are even erotic tours in Germany which allow you to experience many places under the guide of someone who knows the local scene. See link below as one example.

[url]http://www.fkktour.com/[/url]

At the bottom of that link you will also find links to some of Germany's best known FKK Clubs and some private houses.

As Crazykev mentioned Germany, having visited there numerous times I thought I'd provide you a few links as an example of some of the more quality establishments.

[url]http://www.fkk-oase.de/FKK-Oase?Sprache=EN[/url]

[url]http://www.fkkacapulco.de/english/1.htm[/url]

[url]http://www.traum-paradies.de/[/url]

When checking out Germany, and Prague (somewhat in Netherlands and other places) , search for FKK Clubs (also called Sauna Clubs) ; this is yet another wild experience. You pay a flat fee to enter, around 50 Euros / 70 dollars. This gives you full access to the facilities, bar, sauna, showers, patio, lounge area, fitness area etc. Also normally includes drinks (beer and soft drinks) as well as a food buffet, for the entire day. All the while, being surrounded by many lovely ladies, normally naked or nothing more than a towel around their waist. Which normally she doesn't keep on the entire time. Keep in mind, this is a "sauna" environment and you will normally be guided to a changing room with lockers and enter the facility in a robe or towel (slippers provided as well).

These ladies will join you in the lounge area and so on for nice casual and flirty conversation. Should you strike up an interest, you may carry on as you wish or head off to one of the nice private rooms for your time. The rates again, are very reasonable, and the menu is fully disclosed. Very little risk of negative surprises here. You have the opportunity to see the ladies, hang out and chat with them and know all the possibilities before you commit to anything. This works equally well for them.

And, we haven't even begun to talk about other continents! LOL[/QUOTE]

Good one Harpo. Really good one. Icanstalku. Com shows some instructions on how to disable the feature of geotagging your pictures- in case you still wanted to take pictures and be safe.

T. J.

[QUOTE=Harpo2u; 1122374]This is an Alert for those of you who use a cell phone cameras and from time to time take a picture of your favorite provider or a maybe a SW out on the streets. You may want to rethink about doing that ever again especially if you post the picture on this site or any site.

Watch the Youtube report about cell phone cameras and privacy issues.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4Dr-RvNZo[/url]

Think of all the members across USASG posting pictures with their cell phone cameras!

Maybe this should be Rule #23, don't use cell phone pictures to post pictures.

Harpo.[/QUOTE]

I can vouch for South America. I used to travel all over from Mexico to Argentina, the Caribbean and everywhere in between. It's absolutely amazing! The quality of the girls and the price is incredible.

Brazil is by far the best. Stunning, playboy quality women everywhere (even on the streets) for $75. $100. There's a place called Bomboa that's a high class restaurant and escort palace in one!

Shame, but I got a girlfriend and had to delete my pics. Anyone has any questions, PM me and I'll be glad to answer.

Oh, Costa Rica is pretty good too, but prices are about the same as US. Colombia is also nice. Beautiful women.

I knew this kind of information was on your digital camera, because when you take a picture, there is digital info in each pix, that is stored, that you do not see, but is there. It s how LE can track the owner of a camera / pix sent / posted online. That is why I never sent in the registration cards.

Harpo the info on YouTube is extremely correct. I did not know it had become this easy. Only a few years back I posted something similar, but the techno was not what it is now. It was always there, but on more expressive equipment.

Now that I am updated, and informed, I thank you Harpo, for bringing it back to my / everyone's attention. I am not a Facebook/*/Whatever fan. I just think it is giving out Too Much Personal Information. That is so DUMB, but that is the way things are now.

Avoid taking Pix with your cell phone, and get a cheap digit camera, for posting and saving pix. Don't send in the Regis. Card, don't set the date on the camera. Or set it to the wrong time and date.

Big Brother is watching, and we are doing everything possible to help him directly and indirectly.

[QUOTE=Harpo2u; 1122374]This is an Alert for those of you who use a cell phone cameras and from time to time take a picture of your favorite provider or a maybe a SW out on the streets. You may want to rethink about doing that ever again especially if you post the picture on this site or any site.

Watch the Youtube report about cell phone cameras and privacy issues.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4Dr-RvNZo[/url]

Think of all the members across USASG posting pictures with their cell phone cameras!

Maybe this should be Rule #23, don't use cell phone pictures to post pictures.

Harpo. [/QUOTE]

The jpeg image format that most phones and cameras use for images has the ability to contain a LOT of information. GPS info, date, time etc. With gps-enabled cell phone pictures (most 3G and above have this feature) , the exact location within about 15 feet, along date and time is stored within the image structure. Cell phones pick the time stamp up from the current cell tower. The only way that may limit the ability of the phone to store the info with the pic is to go into the setup and turn off the cellular service (like going into the airplane mode on an iPhone). Taking a picture when the phone can't get the info should prevent the info being included. You may also want to consider that any gps enabled phone will pinpoint your exact location anytime the phone is on and within reach of a cell tower.

This has been great information for us all to know about. I consider myself really tech savvy (like Adam Savage in the video). I know about this "feature." It can be really useful. For example, iPhoto on the Mac uses it to plot the location of your pictures on a map for you. You can then filter your pictures to see all of the pictures taken in a particular location. Handy.

However, for those of us who don't want everything shared, this can obviously be a problem. As pointed out in the news video, some people may want to share their location. Other times you may not want to for particular pictures. Jay is right that a lot of information can be stored in the picture's metadata section. And, turning this feature off on your phone may be almost impossible too.

The good news is that if you are aware of this "feature," you can do something about it. Download an EXIF editor to edit the photo's metadata. Look for one that lets you edit the GPS data. Not all EXIF editors let you edit all of the possible fields. Another option is to save the .jpg file as a .png file. This should also strip out the EXIF metadata. Do this before you post your pictures and you should not have to worry about them.

Also, be careful. It's not just phones. Many of the newer digital cameras, video recorders, and even some of the memory cards themselves have GPS tagging built into them. I would expect that it is easier to turn this off on the cameras (not the memory cards), but I would check first. AND, [B][I]always [/I][/B]check the files before you post or send them, just to be sure.

[B][Update][/B]
On Windows 7 (and probably Vista), right click on the .jpg file, go to "properties," switch to the "details" tab. Scroll down the list to see all of the metadata stored in the photo. Windows XP does not show all of the EXIF metadata (including the GPS info) so don't be fooled. The same is true for older versions of Photoshop. On a Mac, "Get Info" will not show the GPS information, but if you open the photo in Preview and then "Show Inspector" under the Tools menu, you can see all of the metadata, including GPS info if it is there.

Hope that helps everyone who is interested.

Professor JRW1

[QUOTE=Jay Malibu;1124108]The jpeg image format that most phones and cameras use for images has the ability to contain a LOT of information. GPS info, date, time etc. With gps-enabled cell phone pictures (most 3G and above have this feature) , the exact location within about 15 feet, along date and time is stored within the image structure. Cell phones pick the time stamp up from the current cell tower. The only way that may limit the ability of the phone to store the info with the pic is to go into the setup and turn off the cellular service (like going into the airplane mode on an iPhone). Taking a picture when the phone can't get the info should prevent the info being included. You may also want to consider that any gps enabled phone will pinpoint your exact location anytime the phone is on and within reach of a cell tower.[/QUOTE]

There is another method that I sometimes use to clear data from pictures.

Open up the picture (s) in windows, then use the printscreen button to take a snapshot of your screen while they are open. Create a new file in your photo editing software, and then just paste the screen shot in and crop / save. This may create a lower resolution file, but I typically use this method when posting a picture of something on the web where Hi-res isn't always crucial. This method will completely destroy any exif or metadata associated with the original pic.

It is always amazing and I should not be surprised but I am, of the wealth of knowledge and information our forum members have.

We need a "Misc." Forum to just report any information on anything, of valve, or anything you think people should know. I am not talking about voicing opinions, but posting some hardcore information. Maybe we already do?

Anyway, this is information worthy of a section just like the 22 rules of the street's. Posted section.

Hummm, Not a Bad Idea!

Typically the 'catch-all' forum is this one we're in now, the General forum. Safest place to put any oe happenstance in that's not covered by the more specific ones. ;)

Jay

[QUOTE=WordUp; 1124638]It is always amazing and I should not be surprised but I am, of the wealth of knowledge and information our forum members have.

We need a "Misc." Forum to just report any information on anything, of valve, or anything you think people should know. I am not talking about voicing opinions, but posting some hardcore information. Maybe we already do?

Anyway, this is information worthy of a section just like the 22 rules of the street's. Posted section.

Hummm, Not a Bad Idea! [/QUOTE]

I don't know about what you all think about Copy Cating some one else is ad. As for myself it really pisses me off.

Why should some one else get credit for some thing some one else writes. I think its very wrong! The reason I am bringing this up is because some one has done this to me. HOTSQIRT posted an ad on 1/19/2011 With the title "LET ME CARTER TO YOU" I posted an ad on 1/14/2011 With the title

"Highly Addictive & Well Reviewed. Let Me Cater To You!" she the last part of my title and used it. Not only did she do that she also took the ad I thought of and wrote myself and changed a word or two and let a few lines out. As soon as I seen it I knew rite away what she had done. I know its not that big of a deal. It just goes to show some people don't give there all when they go and do shit like that.

Sexy Callie

Can I get an amen sister.

[QUOTE=Sexy Callie; 1125786]I don't know about what you all think about Copy Cating some one else is ad. As for myself it really pisses me off.

Why should some one else get credit for some thing some one else writes. I think its very wrong! The reason I am bringing this up is because some one has done this to me. HOTSQIRT posted an ad on 1/19/2011 With the title "LET ME CARTER TO YOU" I posted an ad on 1/14/2011 With the title

"Highly Addictive & Well Reviewed. Let Me Cater To You!" she the last part of my title and used it. Not only did she do that she also took the ad I thought of and wrote myself and changed a word or two and let a few lines out. As soon as I seen it I knew rite away what she had done. I know its not that big of a deal. It just goes to show some people don't give there all when they go and do shit like that.

Sexy Callie[/QUOTE]

You sould be flattered she thought so much of your work LOL I agree with you. Copying someone elses work I'd wrong. You're a cutie and people reading her ads might easily see your pic in their minds. Sounds like time for a good female wresting grudge match! .

[QUOTE=Sexy Callie; 1125786]I don't know about what you all think about Copy Cating some one else is ad. As for myself it really pisses me off.

Why should some one else get credit for some thing some one else writes. I think its very wrong! The reason I am bringing this up is because some one has done this to me. HOTSQIRT posted an ad on 1/19/2011 With the title "LET ME CARTER TO YOU" I posted an ad on 1/14/2011 With the title

"Highly Addictive & Well Reviewed. Let Me Cater To You!" she the last part of my title and used it. Not only did she do that she also took the ad I thought of and wrote myself and changed a word or two and let a few lines out. As soon as I seen it I knew rite away what she had done. I know its not that big of a deal. It just goes to show some people don't give there all when they go and do shit like that.

Sexy Callie[/QUOTE]

Callie,

Yes, I agree with you that copying your ad was wrong and should not have been done. You are a well thought of provider and in no way does it hurt your reputation or does it help hers. You are Callie and many of us are so happy that you are and will always think very highly of you.

Roger.

[QUOTE=Nday Guy;1126006]You sould be flattered she thought so much of your work LOL I agree with you. Copying someone elses work I'd wrong. You're a cutie and people reading her ads might easily see your pic in their minds. Sounds like time for a good female wresting grudge match! .[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Rogoh; 1126043]Callie,

Yes, I agree with you that copying your ad was wrong and should not have been done. You are a well thought of provider and in no way does it hurt your reputation or does it help hers. You are Callie and many of us are so happy that you are and will always think very highly of you.

Roger. [/QUOTE]Ladies don't get your panties in a wad! LOL. I don't think that guys are influenced by fancy ads. They look for who, when, where and how much. The 'dick' can't read and does not process cute remarks. Heat seeking moisture missiles have only one thing in mind. In fact we could conserve a lot of space and time with ads like this:

Mary. 9AM to 11PM today. In and out North of town. $180hr. $90 / half.

Please see the humor in this post and please do not take this as a rip. I saw this line of posts and was amused. If the ladies decide to black list me for finding humor in this, well I guess that's your prerogative.