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Re:The fingerprint inside photos by antirez on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:24AM (#26608800)
In the article there is no mention that EXIF tags are stripped away by all the major social networks / messaging systems.
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Re:The fingerprint inside photos by whiterace1488 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:24AM (#26608803)
It's there actually: >Some social media platforms remove information like geolocation (though only from public view), but many other websites do not.
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Re:The fingerprint inside photos by foobar33333 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:34AM (#26608825)
Its also important to know that just because they strip it for the public facing file, there is no reason they don't store it privately to comply with legal requests.
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Re:The fingerprint inside photos by te_chris on Sunday March 28, 2021 @04:47AM (#26608880)
They mention that they don’t publish them but surely keep them and analyse them themselves
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