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The only method I somewhat trust is taking a screenshot of the thing I want to strip the metadata from
by charles_f 4y ago
The only method I somewhat trust is taking a screenshot of the thing I want to strip the metadata from
- jraph 4y agoMake sure you don't care about the time and location of the screenshot and possibly the user name being leaked if you are not careful :-)
- tjoff 4y agoI wouldn't even trust that blindly, I totally imagine that there could be metadata in the screenshot containing for example the title of the window being screenshotted etc. If noone does that right now it is just an update away.
- chasd00 4y agoi think if you export to a bitmap then you at least have a fighting chance. The bitmap format is simple enough that you could probably use a hex editor to read the header segment and be reasonably sure you understand what is tagging along with the file. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format
- kurthr 4y agoUse a separate digital camera and JPG rescale/compress the hell out of it after the fact. Screen grabs are convenient, but not sufficiently lossy, and can leak information. If you're feeling rough, run the screencap through an OCR and a spell checker first before taking an off axis picture in Times New Roman.
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- antegamisou 4y agoCorrect answer is always getting buried to the bottom haha.