A photo can disclose more than its visible pixels. Depending on the device and editing workflow, a...
A photo can disclose more than its visible pixels. Depending on the device and
editing workflow, a JPEG may contain:
GPS location data.
Capture and modification timestamps.
Camera and lens identifiers.
Intercept the exact bytes uploaded after rotation, thumbnailing, background retry, and app restart.
Treat metadata removal as one upload-security check, not proof that an image contains only image data.
Test the still image, paired video, temporary files, and retry queue as one privacy boundary.
Metadata was never proof. It is an envelope written in pencil, and every new app and upload pipeline hands someone else an eraser.
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