I'm selling something on craigslist and took pictures of the item. How can I make sure the pictures don't have a geotag on them? And do you have to have a computer to find this? Can an iOS device show this metadata?
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How to find if my photos (take on iphone) include location geotag?
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Go to "settings" --> "privacy" --> "location services" --> "camera".
Select "never"
Now your camera will not have access to your location information, and therefore cannot embed it in photos. Unfortunately most people don't know that location data is embedded in photos taken on their phones and tablets by default.
Select "never"
Now your camera will not have access to your location information, and therefore cannot embed it in photos. Unfortunately most people don't know that location data is embedded in photos taken on their phones and tablets by default.
Right, but how can you check for the geotag on an iOS device. I know iPhoto on a Mac can do it, but what are other ways?
There are browser extensions available that will read the EXIF information when you mouseover an image but not all of them read enough of the data to reveal location data.
I don't know of any way to check on the device, but I am highly confident that if you follow the above steps any photos you take will lack location data. If you want to be EXTRA sure, you can even put your device in airplane mode while you take the pictures. Without wi-fi or cellular data it should make it even less likely that your camera could access location data.
Once the photo is uploaded to craigslist it is altered and all geotags are removed. I assume is your concern is with someone browsing craigslist and downoading the photo and finding the location (probably your house) your picture was taken? If so, dont worry about it.
EDIT: If you are super paranoid just load the picture in whateevr app you fancy and screenshot it. You can even do this directly in iOS if you want (load pic, screenshot pic, upload screenshot pic to wherever you please).
EDIT: If you are super paranoid just load the picture in whateevr app you fancy and screenshot it. You can even do this directly in iOS if you want (load pic, screenshot pic, upload screenshot pic to wherever you please).
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There is a really useful app called Koredoko that will show the meta-data associated with all the photos on your camera roll. You can use it to see the geo info of all your photos and any you receive. It won't remove the data, but you can assure yourself it's not present in any photo you intend to send to anyone else.