However, as of 2016, a court judgment has ruled that Facebook is required to leave the metadata contained in users’ photos unchanged after being uploaded in order to allow the authenticity of images to be determined. Data security is both an important topic and a problem in relation to EXIF data.įor example, up until 2016, as much metadata as possible was removed from images after they were uploaded to Facebook in Germany to keep executable malware that could be contained in the metadata from infiltrating user devices and also to protect private data. I f these images are shared on social media or across other portals, certain undesirable details may be revealed in the metadata. Very few people are aware of just how much information a photo on our cell phones or a camera can reveal about us.
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