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Show HN: I'm working on a Chrome extension for viewing EXIF data of images (github.com)
wutwutwat 8 hours ago [-]
A lot of folks accepting image uploads don't realize they need to remove the exif data from the images, as that often leaks gps coordinates if they were taken using a cell phone. With imagemagick, you can use the `-strip` flag[0] when processing the images to remove that info.

[0] https://imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#stri...

kristianp 5 hours ago [-]
It's shame all exif info is stripped. I like to see the camera info, such as focal length, aperture and what lens too for interchangeable lens cameras.
al_borland 8 hours ago [-]
A responsible site will strip this on the user’s behalf, but no one should rely on that.

If I want to be lazy about it and quality doesn’t matter, I’ll take a screenshot as a quick way to strip EXIF data, the location being the key piece I want gone.

jxramos 12 hours ago [-]
checks out for me, just spot checked this image https://github.com/ianare/exif-samples/blob/master/jpg/Canon.... I loaded as an unpacked extension, works great so far.

Looks good too for imgur which typically has no metadata on the images https://imgur.com/i2iHgAI https://i.imgur.com/i2iHgAI.jpeg

Thank you for this useful extension.

2Gkashmiri 13 hours ago [-]
Firefox version please. Dont help chrome only future
sentientslug 10 hours ago [-]
You’re free to make one yourself
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