You've probably never checked the metadata behind the photos you take, but it's essential information that can be a huge ...

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Everyone enjoys a good photography-driven website, but folks with a technical eye can't look at an image without wondering what camera took that shot, what settings were used and where it was taken.

Photos taken with smartphones or digital cameras can store a lot of metadata, such as the date and time the image was taken, the camera used, and the aperture value. Engineer Harley Turan explains the ...

Exif data isn’t hard to find or to remove, but the steps vary a bit, depending on which device you are using. On a Windows computer, you can see whether a photo has Exif data attached to it by ...

To view EXIF metadata in the iPhone Photos app, open the desired photo, swipe up or tap the info (i) icon. This will display key metadata like location, camera settings, and date details. For more ...

Earlier this year we reported on an online service that would trawl through images posted online, looking for your camera’s serial number in the EXIF data. The site we mentioned, Stolencamerafinder ...

Back in “How to Keep Facebook from Snooping on Your Photos’ Locations” (31 May 2021), I lamented the fact that Photos in iOS and iPadOS had no way to display Exif data. Little did I know that just a ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...