luna, friend of eggbugMay 5, 2025
if i had a nickel for every time i've seen someone's self-hosted blog with unredacted geolocation exif in the images, i'd have three nickels from today alone
Show threadluna, friend of eggbugMay 5, 2025
four. i'd have four nickels.
Show threadluna, friend of eggbugMay 5, 2025
five nickels.
Show threadluna, friend of eggbugMay 10, 2025
i'm at a point now where if i'm reading your self-hosted blog and i see a photo that looks like it was taken on a smartphone i immediately get worried
Show threadluna, friend of eggbugMay 10, 2025
(and then i check the exif tags and if they're leaking your address i email you)
Show threadcliffle

@luna

if, like me, you've been following Luna's comments on this and getting increasingly nervous, here is a command for removing all location metadata from JPG/WEBP images (the usual offenders) in a directory tree on Unixy platforms, assuming your paths don't contain spaces.

for file in $(find . -name "*.jpeg" -or -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.webp"); do exiftool -gps:all= $file; done

May 10, 2025 at 4:11pmWeb
Show threadminiBill (Leonardo)May 10, 2025
@cliffle @luna https://github.com/allanlw/gps-detect
GitHub - allanlw/gps-detect: Firefox addon for detecting GPS EXIF info in JPEGs automatically

Firefox addon for detecting GPS EXIF info in JPEGs automatically - allanlw/gps-detect

GitHub
Show threadShadow53May 12, 2025

@cliffle @luna

You don't even need the loop!

find . -name "*.jpeg" -or -name "*.jpg" -or -name "*.webp" -execdir exiftool -gps:all= "{}" \;