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So, it's come to my attention that when I upload a photo to Friendica, the exif data is not automatically stripped out of it, as had been my assumption. Is there some setting that I can change to correct this behaviour? Looks like I've been broadcasting my address with nearly every photo I've posted.

I can't put the genie back in the bottle, but I can at least stop broadcasting it.
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Shelenn Ayres
Shelenn Ayres  
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@Jonathan Lamothe go to your settings and you can find a way to turn that off
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Jonathan Lamothe
Jonathan Lamothe  
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@Shelenn Ayres I've looked. The closest I can find is:
Settings ➡️ Additional Features ➡️ General Features ➡️ Photo Location
(which is unchecked)
Metadata is still not being stripped.
@Shelenn Ayres
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Andreas Kilgus
Andreas Kilgus  
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@Jonathan Lamothe @Shelenn Ayres The way I read this option (according to the german translation of its description): If location data is present in the image, it is used to show the location in a map if this option is checked. The option seems not to be about stripping information from the image.
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Jonathan Lamothe
Jonathan Lamothe  
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@Andreas Kilgus @Shelenn Ayres That's the same impression I get, but it's the closest thing I could find. It does say that the data is normally stripped, though (in the English version, at least).
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lucas
lucas  
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I've often wondered if there's some kind of "photo washing" app/program that exists to prevent these kinds of accidents before a photo leaves your device.
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sendai
sendai  
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@tastytea Oof! Seems the feature request has been stuck since late 2019: https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/7653

Add feature to strip EXIF data from photos · Issue #7653 · friendica/friendica

This is a feature request. Please add an option to strip all or some selected EXIF data from photos uploaded, this option should be a user setting with a default setting to strip all EXIF data when...
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@tastytea
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xy
xy  
I use jhead -purejpg *.jpg to strip all tags before uploading. If I don't forget it..
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fyrfli 🇯🇲☕️
fyrfli 🇯🇲☕️  
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you could strip it out before upload. Depends on your camera.

That said … now I have to check my own photos …
Brandon 👏👏 Brandoff 👏👏
Brandon 👏👏 Brandoff 👏👏  
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^ This. You can use Exif Cleaner on Linux, or ScrambledExif/ImagePipe on Android. I know there are solutions for other platforms, too, but I'm not super familiar. Anything that basically acts as a frontend for MAT2 (Metadata Anonymization Tool) is a great option.
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Brandon 👏👏 Brandoff 👏👏
Brandon 👏👏 Brandoff 👏👏  
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I mean, I suppose. It's extra steps, but they try to make it convenient. For example, with the Android apps, you find the picture in your gallery, tap share, select the exif cleaning app, then the share menu pops right back up and you pick your Friendica client. It just automatically wipes it and then drops it wherever you want. You don't even have to open the app.

On desktop, it's slightly more involved but you just drag a picture into it and click a button. Then it's clean and you can upload it.
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Jonathan Lamothe
Jonathan Lamothe  
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@𝓑Ⓡ𝐚η𝔡Ⓞ𝓷 It hadn't occurred to me to have an exif cleaner app directly on my phone. Just found one in the FDroid store.
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