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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by mschuster91 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:08PM (#15352782)
> There is no technical reason the OS couldn't stop this by stripping exif/location data from photos if the requesting application doesn't have location permissions.

There is: every app that does stuff with photos (e.g. filter software or other processors) will strip the exif data now in the process.

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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by vaishaksuresh on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @06:26PM (#15352901)
There is no need to strip all EXIF data. Strip just the location since that is an explicit permission needed. you can keep aperture, shutter speed, capture time etc.
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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by Klathmon on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:22PM (#15353533)
Well I'm not in the iOS ecosystem, but I genuinely like the location data to be in my photos, and I go somewhat out of my way to ensure it stays there.

Being able to search my images by location means I can easily find all images from my trip to X, or grab all the pictures I took while at my old house. It's hugely useful and I would be livid if an is update or app update started striping that info.

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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by abakker on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:10PM (#15354031)
Simple. Make a setting that defaults to "no, don't share the exif location data with 3rd party apps" but can be changed to "yes, do that" if you want to.
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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by hobarrera on Saturday September 30, 2017 @03:20AM (#15371700)
What if an app edits a photo? The exif location data would then be permanently lost. It's not as simple as that.
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Re:Detect.location: Access iOS location data without actuall... by vaishaksuresh on Thursday September 28, 2017 @01:56AM (#15354975)
The stripping was more for third party apps. I should be able to decide if instagram sees the EXIF or not.
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