Your photos might include information of the exact location and time of the photo taken, your photo/camera models etc. Companies, governments, or someone with bad intentions can use such information for their benefits against you. This can easily be accessed by AI as well.
On Windows 11:
- Right-click on the file
- Properties
- Details
- Remove properties and personal information
Lots of people don’t care, but I guess this could be useful for some of you.
Every social-media platform strips EXIF metadata before publishing the photo.
So the issue is the trustworthiness of the social-media platform itself. Personally I always strip the metadata before sharing anything anywhere.
Of course they strip it before publishing and of course they use the stripped data for themselves. Anyone assuming that they won’t should come and buy that bridge that I’m selling, it’s a great opportunity!
Strips metadata so that the public can’t see it, isn’t the same as stripping metadata after the corporation has already collected and linked it to your profile. 😫
Always clean the metadata BEFORE it touches their upload UI.
Sure, but let’s say you don’t allow Facebook to track your location. Well, as soon as you upload a photo with location exif data, they know it anyway.
Yeah that’s true but in this scenario it’s your fault, not theirs.
They know the location data in the photo, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s your current location.
Bonus points for faking that data (with, e.g., exiftool).
This. Literally every social media site strips EXIF data from photos you post or else you would be hearing about 100x the number of doxxes you do these days. This tip would’ve been good in 2006 or if you’re communicating over something unusual like Email or Onionshare
Frankly I would extend that distrust to this little miscrosoft button too. With no proof or alternative in mind, it just feels like that button would feed the data to an AI before deleting it.
While this is true, especially with all the Palintir tracking stuff and the insatiable thirst for data to market, it’s far more valuable now than ever to the platform. The platform is happy to keep it and sell it to marketers who will share it for you.