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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
by 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 agoWell 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 agoSimple. 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 agoWhat if an app edits a photo? The exif location data would then be permanently lost. It's not as simple as that.
- vaishaksuresh 9y agoThe stripping was more for third party apps. I should be able to decide if instagram sees the EXIF or not.