| Homepage | https://simplecat.software/ |
| ClearShare | https://clearshare.apps.simplecat.software/ |
Simple Cat Software: independent by choice, not by accident.
What no external funding means for our users:
• No pressure to implement tracking for 'growth metrics'
• No investors demanding 'monetisation strategies'
• No board meetings about 'user engagement'
• No roadmap driven by people who don't use the product
We answer to users, not shareholders. We build tools we'd want to use ourselves.
Every photo you take stores invisible metadata: GPS coordinates, exact timestamps, camera make and model, even unique serial numbers.
When you share that sunset photo from your balcony, you might be sharing your exact home address with every stranger who sees it.
Most people have no idea this data exists. ClearShare shows you exactly what's hidden in your photos and lets you strip it before sharing. All processing happens on your device.
Dating app safety tip: Strip metadata from your photos before uploading.
Most dating apps process images server-side, but not all handle metadata consistently. Even if the app strips location data from displayed photos, the original metadata might be stored somewhere.
Here's the safer approach:
1. Choose your dating photos
2. Strip the metadata yourself
3. Then upload
Your GPS coordinates and device info shouldn't be part of your dating profile. Take control.
What ClearShare actually shows you:
Before: 47 hidden metadata tags embedded in your photo
• GPS coordinates (accurate to 3 metres)
• Exact timestamp (date, time, timezone)
• Camera make, model, serial number
• Software version
• Orientation, focal length, aperture
After: Just the photo. Clean and ready to share.
You see everything before deciding what to remove. You stay in control. All processing happens locally on your device.
2026 prediction: Privacy tools become as normal as password managers.
We're past the point where 'I have nothing to hide' works. Everyone has something worth protecting:
• Your home address
• Your daily routines
• Your children's locations
• Your workplace
You don't need to be 'doing something wrong' to value privacy. Strangers shouldn't have free access to your life.
Start small: https://simplecat.link/cs
Sunday reminder: That photo of the roast lunch you're about to share knows exactly where you are 📍
Which platforms strip photo metadata:
✅ Usually safe: Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter
⚠️ Often keep it: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal
❌ Usually keep it: Email, forums, marketplaces
Safest approach? Strip it yourself before sharing anywhere.
Honest question for the Mastodon crowd:
Before you became more privacy-aware, did you know that every phone photo contains hidden metadata? GPS coordinates accurate to metres, timestamps, camera serial numbers, even which direction you were facing?
I'm curious:
• Did you already know about photo metadata?
• Did you learn about it recently?
• Are you hearing about this for the first time?
Reply and let me know your journey into privacy awareness.
Selling something online? Every photo you post could include GPS coordinates pointing straight to your home.
Real scenario that happens constantly:
1. You photograph that old sofa you're selling
2. You post it on a local marketplace
3. The photo metadata includes your exact address
4. Now any stranger browsing the listing knows exactly where you live
Before you list anything, strip the metadata. ClearShare does it in seconds, and all processing happens on your phone.
We built ClearShare because we needed it ourselves. To protect our own privacy and our family's.
Here's what makes us different:
• Your photos never leave your device
• We don't upload images to cloud servers
• We don't store user data
• We don't track our users
• There's no account to create
Everything processes locally on your phone. We built a privacy tool that actually respects privacy – because that's what we wanted to use ourselves.
