How to remove EXIF data from images
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When uploading pictures to the internet, you also upload a certain amount of EXIF data with it. The EXIF data can contain hidden information like camera make, date taken, resolution and in some cases even the location and the name of the camera owner.
To avoid this information appearing in your uploaded pictures (and to reduce the filesize a little), you can strip the EXIF data from the image using this tool...
http://www.softpedia.com/downloadTag/EXIF+Data+Stripper
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It works on Windows 7 and below. No need to install, just run the exe and it will create an .ini file and just drag whatever file you want on to the window and it will remove the extra bits making size smaller as well. And it doesn't affect the quality of the picture.
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This is why...^ I've heard good reviews about it though.
Convert/Mogrify come with the imagemagick package. It's available for all platforms.
Find the nigga that ripped your camera tool.
http://www.stolencamerafinder.com
Now THAT is awesome. Thanks for posting - now I just need to write down my camera's serial number and we're good to go. Nice to know that if my camera is ever stolen, it can be found again through this method.
Only a fool doesn't remove EXIF data!
Huh? The serial number DOES have a field in the EXIF data dude. Whether it shows up or not is down to the way your camera is set up.
By the way, I prefer to delete metadata with the help of this EXIF remover -- it can effectively handle batches of pictures. Thus protecting my privacy on the net.
Ugh, I'm not booting into Windows just for that dude. Just believe me when I say that there's one there, for me at least. What version of Windows are you running?
For me, it's Windows 7 Ultimate. It might be different for other versions, I dunno.
In some cases they may or may not be more thorough. I dunno though, I don't use Windows any more. Which reminds me - if you're using Linux and want to do this then you can install Jhead, which is pretty good. Then you run the command
jhead -purejpg filepath
That will strip all EXIF data, and you can even use it on whole directories at the same time by substituting a filename for an asterisk, like this...
jhead -purejpg /home/totsean/Desktop/imagedirectory/*.jpg