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:

  1. Right-click on the file
  2. Properties
  3. Details
  4. Remove properties and personal information

Lots of people don’t care, but I guess this could be useful for some of you.

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    1 day ago

    ehhh

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    Works on all platforms

    Apple puts a little exif data in there, but it’s not very useful data.