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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 permissio

• mschuster91 9y ago
  > 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.
  • vaishaksuresh 9y ago
    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.
    • Klathmon 9y ago
      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.
      • abakker 9y ago
        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.
        • hobarrera 9y ago
          What if an app edits a photo? The exif location data would then be permanently lost. It's not as simple as that.
      • vaishaksuresh 9y ago
        The stripping was more for third party apps. I should be able to decide if instagram sees the EXIF or not.