Exif Data

[NaddyKnight]

If you don't know what it is and how to remove it from your pictures, you may not be nearly as anonymous as you think you are.

Sorry for the cheery post, but it's frightening how few people seem to know about it...

N

PS: Google is your friend.

 

[Jake_Knight]

Thank goodness that this cellphone doesn't include that on pics. But it's good of you to point it out, for those who are concerned about stalkers...

 

[Connubium]

And thanks to you loads of potential stalkers who didn't even know what exif data was now do, nice one.

*Goes off to delete all uploaded pictures*

 

[OnceFuturePoly]

EXIF data is 99% about the camera and the picture. What was the exposure, was the flash set to red eye, what kind of camera is it anyway.

The are only two things in EXIF data I see you that might be worried about is the date and time the picture was taken, and most important, GPS information telling where the picture was taken.

99% of the cameras don't have GPS capability. Don't worry about your pocket camera giving anything away other than your age.

Most smart phones have GPS, which means the photos might have location information added to the picture. The phone (or camera app) has setting to enable or disable this, so for future use, you can just turn it off.

If you want to see what's there, I recommend, an application like XnView, a free photo viewer organizer. It can also remove EXIF and other metadata.

If you want to mass dump information to a printer, try the command line ExifTool.

Most photo posting sites, like Flickr, remove the EXIF and IPTC information from the submitted photographs. Experiments suggests that vBulliten systems like Literotica also strip this information, so pictures posted directly to Lit should be safe. YMMV

(IPTC is generally about the photo contents (classification, people, caption, description), and you have to put the data into the IPCT with a tagging progam like Google picasa, IfranView, Freestone, ACDsee, etc.)

 

[NaddyKnight]

And thanks to you loads of potential stalkers who didn't even know what exif data was now do, nice one.

*Goes off to delete all uploaded pictures*

I know. I debated whether or not to post this thread for that reason. Unfortunately, I can attest from personal experience that there are would-be-stalkers who know about it, here and elsewhere. Posters were already at risk.

If you want to see what's there, I recommend, an application like XnView, a free photo viewer organizer. It can also remove EXIF and other metadata.

An accurate summary but I really was trying to help potential stalkers as little as possible. Giving them a link to a reader, really?

pictures posted directly to Lit should be safe

I didn't know Lit did that. Thanks for the tip; I'll test it later.

 

[k_m_d_]

*Goes off to delete all uploaded pictures*

STOP DELETING PICTURES BEFORE I HAVE A CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD THEM ALL

Also, you starting to get all posty again while I'm out of the country with limited internet access...quite inconsiderate.

 

[Connubium]

STOP DELETING PICTURES BEFORE I HAVE A CHANCE TO DOWNLOAD THEM ALL

Also, you starting to get all posty again while I'm out of the country with limited internet access...quite inconsiderate.

I'm sorry baby I'll send you stuff privately, for realz

 

[Connubium]

EXIF data is 99% about the camera and the picture. What was the exposure, was the flash set to red eye, what kind of camera is it anyway.

The are only two things in EXIF data I see you that might be worried about is the date and time the picture was taken, and most important, GPS information telling where the picture was taken.

99% of the cameras don't have GPS capability. Don't worry about your pocket camera giving anything away other than your age.

Most smart phones have GPS, which means the photos might have location information added to the picture. The phone (or camera app) has setting to enable or disable this, so for future use, you can just turn it off.

If you want to see what's there, I recommend, an application like XnView, a free photo viewer organizer. It can also remove EXIF and other metadata.

If you want to mass dump information to a printer, try the command line ExifTool.

Most photo posting sites, like Flickr, remove the EXIF and IPTC information from the submitted photographs. Experiments suggests that vBulliten systems like Literotica also strip this information, so pictures posted directly to Lit should be safe. YMMV

(IPTC is generally about the photo contents (classification, people, caption, description), and you have to put the data into the IPCT with a tagging progam like Google picasa, IfranView, Freestone, ACDsee, etc.)

Thanks that's really informative

 

[RayB_UK]

Just a note to anyone who uses a high-end DSLR for pics - if you've set Copyright/Author info in the camera, you might want to edit it out of any you may post

 

[k_m_d_]

I'm sorry baby I'll send you stuff privately, for realz

Of course you would make that offer right after I accidentally logged off Lit on my phone/tablet, with no way to get logged back on and access PMs for private sexy goodness until I got home to my desktop where my password is saved.