The reflections in a pop star’s eyes told a selfie stalker exactly how to find her www.theverge.com

In September, a Japanese man was arrested for reportedly stalking a pop star and attacking and groping her at her home, according to Japanese news organization NHK.
Allegedly, this man found the woman’s home by studying photos she posted on social media, observing a train station reflected in her eyes, finding that train station using Google Street View, waiting for her at the train station, and following her home.
You may not be a pop star, but it’s still a cautionary tale about how tiny details in your smartphone photos could be used to figure out one of your most private pieces of information — where you live.
It’s not like people can just download your photos off Facebook or Twitter to find the coordinates at which you took a photo, though.
According to Consumer Reports, most social networks — including Craigslist, Facebook, Imgur, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp — strip out that metadata from the photos you publicly post.