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by cope123 139 days ago
Image files often contain more information than what’s visible on screen: GPS coordinates, device identifiers, timestamps, and software history.

In many environments, images are shared assuming they are inert files, but that assumption doesn’t always hold.

Curious how often image metadata is considered in security practices, audits, or threat models, and whether people treat it as a real attack or privacy surface.