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Does Lemmy remove metadata of images when uploading?
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this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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Uploaded this test image in the comment with modified metadata (no gps tag but added software, date, vendor info as exif tags) and after downloading it does not contain any metadata anymore. So seems like at least that server does remove it?
Thanks for your effort :) So it seems like you have to trust your instance?
Yeah probably. Seems like the image is not stored in its original form in this case but might depend on server settings and the image file. So as always private data like geo tags should be removed before uploading.
Yes, but that's something anyway;
So by joining an instance you're putting trust in the owner of the instance either way.
But there is still a difference between the owner being able to take my public content offline and them knowing my private location. However, since my instance is non commercial and doesn't make any money by tracking it shouldn't be that bad to trust them on that.