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Comment by gkoberger | Hacker News Reader

This means the VICE metadata of the image the published was correct, and his "I edited the EXIF data" story was a lie: he was in Guatemala (specifically, along the Rio Dulce in Parque Nacional Rio Dulce).

Also, just yesterday he posted saying that he would be meeting with Guatemalan officials this morning: http://www.whoismcafee.com/guatemala/

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He admitted it in that post you linked to:

    Yesterday was chaotic due to the accidental release of 
    my exact co-ordinates by an unseasoned technician at 
    Vice headquarters.

That's a shame.. Vice produces some interesting content. Hopefully this won't cause too much damage to their reputation.

I don't think they'd care either way. Vice is gonzo journalism (and I love them for it).

"The Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl" - my favorite episode of The Vice Guide to Travel: http://m.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-radioactive-b...

Another great episode is the one where they visit North Korea, and sing karaoke to "Anarchy in the U.K.": http://m.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-nor...

And that is one of the reasons why I don't care about GPS in my cameras

Camera phones are a different story, but the GPS in my is so bad it is more likely to not get a location (except outdoors, oops)

And the people analysing it as a cardboard cut-out were also wrong.

I'd like to know details on how Vice got access to Mcafee so quickly.

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