Nolan LawsonApr 9, 2017

So I thought it'd be a cool privacy feature for Mastodon to automatically strip EXIF metadata from photos (e.g. GPS latlong, date, etc.). Turns out Eugen already thought of that! 😁 https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/85

I even checked some uploaded photos with ImageMagick; they're all empty! BTW here's the EXIF data from a typical photo I took on my Nexus 5X. I really did have to make the text that small to fit.

Show threada pile of mossApr 9, 2017
@nolan took that photo at work eh?
Show threadNolan Lawson
@whale_eat_squid Yeah you could probably even deduce that from the EXIF data. Assuming you squint. 😅
Apr 9, 2017 at 4:51amWeb
Show threada pile of mossApr 9, 2017
@nolan 20/10 vision 😎. The lat/lon and elevation are in there and easily legible. But everyone knows you work at MS so like not a surprise!
Show threadNolan LawsonApr 9, 2017

@whale_eat_squid omg I just realized you really did deduce it from the image. 😱 I thought I had already mentioned that I took the photo from work.

Great illustration of why it's cool to remove EXIF data!