You may have noticed that I don’t post pictures. If not, now you know.
One of the reasons is that I’m worried about sharing meta data.
Does anyone know:
- Does the Lemmy software strip / hide meta data from photos when they’re uploaded?
- Is there a way of stripping meta data from photos?
- Does downloading an image from the internet and uploading it from my hard drive add any meta data?
- If I create a digital image, does it have meta data that could reveal my location, etc? (And then questions 1 and 2 for this option.)
- How should/could I keep my data/location safe if I choose to post either my photos, my scans, or pictures (either created by me or downloaded from the internet)?
I’ll add that you can use https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2 as a metadata removal tool, it’s used by Whonix and Tails, and similar distributions. It’s packaged for every Linux distribution if you use that.
Thanks for this link. I’m starting to get into Linux, so I can give this a try.
If you need any help with anything Linux related, send me a PM.
Thanks very much for the offer :)