Photo Privacy on Linux: How to Strip Metadata With exiftool
Summary Did you know that pictures you snap with your smartphone may include sensitive information? Posting them as-is on social media or elsewhere can be risky to your privacy unless you take steps to remove extra data from them. In this article you’ll learn how to do just that on Linux with exiftool. Why Should I Remove Metadata? Back in the days of analog cameras, the only “extra” information you needed to worry about being disclosed alongside them was what you physically wrote on the back of each photo....