{"id":10104,"date":"2017-10-26T06:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/news-3877\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:45:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:45:23","slug":"news-3877","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/10\/26\/news-3877\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Scrub GPS Data from Your Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Credit to Author: Asia Murphy| Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

This story is part of OUTER LIMITS, a Motherboard series about people, technology, and going outside. Let us be your <\/i><\/b> guide<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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So you want to help protect wildlife and scrub the GPS data<\/a> that might be embedded in your photos? Great! <\/p>\n

First, know that when you upload an image to a majority of popular social media sites (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), the EXIF data (where location info can hide) is automatically deleted. <\/p>\n

“But Asia,” you say, “Who knows if they’re actually deleting the data. I have to nuke the EXIF myself. It’s the only way to be sure<\/i>.”<\/p>\n

You’ve convinced me with that Aliens<\/i> reference. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive walkthrough to make sure your images are squeaky clean.<\/p>\n

Turn Location Services Off<\/h2>\n

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Make sure any location services are off when you’re taking pictures with your phone or camera. If this is turned off, location info isn’t attached to the image, and you don’t have to worry about it!<\/p>\n

For iPhone<\/h2>\n

You will need the ViewExif app<\/a> ($0.99). Once you’ve downloaded ViewExif, open Photos and select which image(s) you want to share. You should be able to see ViewExif’s snowflake-like icon. Tap on the icon and you should see the image’s metadata. Click on the share icon in the upper left and a prompt should show up, giving you the choice to save or share without metadata, or to share with the metadata.<\/p>\n

For more, check out this CNET walkthrough<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For Android<\/h2>\n
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