Location & privacy
Practical, tested guides to find, understand and remove the hidden data in your photos: GPS location, device details, dates and more.
Can Someone Find Your Location from a Photo?
Yes: through GPS coordinates hidden in the file, or through visual clues in the picture. How each method works, real cases, and what actually protects you.
Dating App Photos: How to Protect Your Location and Identity
Dating app photos can reveal where you live and who you are through metadata, reverse image search and background clues. Here is how to share them safely.
How Investigators Use Photo Metadata (and How to Protect Yourself)
How OSINT investigators analyze photo metadata and image content to find where, when and by whom a photo was taken, and how to protect your own photos.
How to Remove GPS Location from Photos Before Sharing
Remove location from a photo on iPhone, Android, Windows or Mac, or with ExifTool. See which GPS tags a photo stores and how to check they are really gone.
How to Stop Your iPhone from Saving Location in Photos
Turn off location for the iPhone camera in Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Camera. Plus how to share without location and clean old photos.
How to Turn Off Location Tagging in the Android Camera
Turn off location in the Android camera: Save location on Pixel, Location tags on Samsung, the setting on other brands, and how to clean old photos.
Photo Geotagging: The Privacy Risks Nobody Tells You About
Geotagged photos can expose your home address, routine, your kids' school and when your house is empty. The real geotagging privacy risks and how to fix them.
Selling Online? Strip Metadata from Your Listing Photos First
Listing photos taken at home can carry your address in their GPS metadata. What eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Vinted do, and a safe workflow for sellers.
Sharing Photos of Your Kids Online: A Metadata Safety Checklist
Photos of your kids can reveal their school, your home and their routine through hidden metadata and visible clues. A practical checklist for parents.
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