r/privacy • u/Dumpster-cats-24 • 2d ago
question Prevent photo tracking
I want to post a picture of my bathroom on Reddit for some decorating advice. Is there metadata in a photo captured on my phone that could be used to track/identify/etc me? How do I avoid this? Is there an app I can run it through? Send it to ChatGPT to modify then provide the modified image?
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u/aintjoan 2d ago
Send it to ChatGPT to modify then provide the modified image?
Um, if you're worried about privacy, don't send shit to ChatGPT.
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u/ProtoSheep0 2d ago
well whatever you do, if you care about privacy you shouldn't use ChatGPT at all
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u/ranchordaschanchar 2d ago
Yeah and dont look for online but offline tools
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u/bigdickwalrus 2d ago
is there such a piece of OSS that can strip all metadata from images/videos?
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u/ReverseTornado 2d ago
I think exiftool is what your looking for op and there is definitely personal information on photos that could be used to track you. Also on iphone you turn off meta data for photos taken on iphone but i think there still might data attached to the photos.
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u/West_Possible_7969 1d ago
Just screenshot it, on iOS at least there are no location data on screenshots, or identifiable data.
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u/rng847472495 1d ago
What’s with all these random comments? As long as you have location tagging for photos turned off, there is nothing in metadata that can dox you.
Also most social media sites strip all your metadata anyway.
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