![]() ![]() However, it also introduces privacy and security concerns that many users don’t take into account. One of the earliest cautionary tales about EXIF is the 2012 privacy incident involving antivirus company founder John McAfee. This was an exciting time in McAfee’s life, as he was evading law enforcement while still granting exclusive, much sought-after interviews to journalists. One journalist who was lucky enough to get an interview decided to show off his good fortune by posting a photo of McAfee without first removing its EXIF data. How can I alter, add, or erase EXIF metadata programmatically?.How can I programmatically detect and read the EXIF metadata from a photo?.You’re probably aware of more recent stories where law enforcement has been arresting suspects using photos posted to a social media site that didn’t take the precaution of “scrubbing” their EXIF data during the upload process.īeing the security-conscious developers that I suspect you are, you’re probably asking yourself questions like these: That data gave away his location and led to his arrest. ![]() If you have Python 3.6 or later installed on your computer, you can find out through the hands-on exercises below. ![]()
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