Your photos may still contain GPS metadata after editing

#privacy #webdev #security #metadata

A lot of people assume that cropping, resizing, or screenshotting a photo removes all hidden information.

That’s often not true.

Many images still contain metadata such as:

In some cases, this can accidentally expose where a photo was taken, what device was used, or when it was captured.

This becomes even more common now that people frequently share:

I wanted a simple way to remove metadata before sharing files online.

So I built a small browser-based metadata remover:

The main thing I cared about was privacy.

Files are processed locally in the browser and are not uploaded to a server.

Currently the tool supports image metadata removal, and I’m experimenting with additional formats and metadata inspection features.

One thing I found interesting while building this is that many users don’t actually know metadata exists until they accidentally leak something.

Privacy tools are often reactive instead of preventative.

I think lightweight browser-based privacy utilities will become much more important as AI-generated and shared content continues growing.

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