14 photos you should carry with you at all times – but don’t

There are few things more terrifying than getting separated from someone in your care in a crowd. Having a recent photo of them will be a big help in enlisting help from security guards and people around you. In critical situations, police ask for current photos to help in missing person searches.

“If you have location services turned on, the photos you take with your phone are precisely geotagged,” says travel guru Maurice Freedman. “Forgot to write down the name of that awesome locals-only pub? Opening a photo you took will allow you to find the location, and most of the time, the exact name.”

Two ways this can help, says Freedman. When you take a picture, your phone will geotag its location. If you’re in a non-English speaking part of the world, it also offers the option of just showing the pic to the cab driver.

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Identity theft and bank fraud account for billions of dollars lost every year. Having screenshots of your account numbers will help you more quickly freeze accounts if you notice suspicious activity. And on a less criminal note, it’s useful to have that information on hand for pay-by-phone if you don’t want to keep piling your bills on your credit card.

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Luckily, cancelling lost credit and ATM cards is easy to do with a quick call. What’s not so easy is remembering all of the ones you had if your entire wallet goes missing. Having all of them in one place eases some of the pain of this painful experience.

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Source: RD.com