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A new wave of anxiety has swept the internet world, this time focused on smartphone pictures uploaded to the internet. A new study shows the ease of finding the location of the photo taken, which poses a potential threat to the privacy and safety of the smartphone user and the photo subject.

File this under "So why in the world did you buy one?" A survey by Ipsos OTX of 5,013 adults has found that 19 percent of smart phone owners have never used their device to access the Internet. Furthermore, 32 percent have never used an app, assuring that their smart phone Internet experience -- for which they are presumably paying a monthly charge for -- is extremely limited.