Metadata is a huge culprit when it comes to privacy online. Anything you create or post online has some kind of Metadata that can reveal a number of things about where this data is coming from. Metadata main purpose is to not reveal information about you but it’s their so the programs processing this information has an easier time understanding the data. But that doesn’t mean its not being exploited by big tech.
Metadata has been around for a long time, but its modern usage in the context of digital information and technology can be traced back to the early days of computing and data management. The concept of metadata, which involves providing information about data, has been essential for organizing and managing information in various forms throughout history.
One notable early example is the Dublin Core metadata standard, which was developed in the 1990s for describing digital resources. This standard aimed to provide a basic set of metadata elements for describing digital objects on the internet. Since then, various other metadata standards and systems have been developed for different purposes, including libraries, digital media, and the web
Here’s every way to remove metadata from photos on any device
iPhone: Use this link to convert all your photos to JPEG this removes any metadata for pictures you have taken.
Here’s how you can do this without the Shortcut, this can also be used on the mac.
Android: Install Imagepipe, Here is a link to their website.
Can be accessed through Sharemenu.
Windows: First: Win + R > “%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo”
Next New File name “exiftool.bat”with: “exiftool -overwrite_orginal -all= %*”
Now you can right click and use Send to context menu.
Linux: Install mat2 then:
alias clean=’mat2 –inplace’
Look at our other posts on how to remove other type of Metadata from Excel, Word, and Powerpoint (Here).
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