I am not at all tech savvy and a bit nervous about privacy on the internet (BYC is literally the only social media site I have ever posted on).
I was reading about metadata embedded in photos which is very useful (including for image copyright), but the metadata also contains precise location of where the photograph was taken in something called an EXIF file.
The article described that was a risk that people could find your actual address simply by having access to the EXIF file from a photo you had posted. The article went on to say that many social media sites (Facebook, Twitter) strip the metadata off photos that are posted.
So my question is what does BYC do and how can we be sure that our precise location cannot be found from the photos we post. Most of us post photos of our chickens which are typically in our back yards!
I would really appreciate understanding this as I love BYC but am not keen for the world to know exactly where I am!
I am attaching a link to one of the things I was reading on this topic.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/an...iphone-photos-are-taken-heres-how-to-stop-it/
I was reading about metadata embedded in photos which is very useful (including for image copyright), but the metadata also contains precise location of where the photograph was taken in something called an EXIF file.
The article described that was a risk that people could find your actual address simply by having access to the EXIF file from a photo you had posted. The article went on to say that many social media sites (Facebook, Twitter) strip the metadata off photos that are posted.
So my question is what does BYC do and how can we be sure that our precise location cannot be found from the photos we post. Most of us post photos of our chickens which are typically in our back yards!
I would really appreciate understanding this as I love BYC but am not keen for the world to know exactly where I am!
I am attaching a link to one of the things I was reading on this topic.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/an...iphone-photos-are-taken-heres-how-to-stop-it/