Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. There’s a particularly arresting black-and-white image of a boy on Flickr, the photo-sharing site. The boy stands at home ...

To remove location data from photos: On Windows, right-click the image, go to Properties > Details, and select “Remove Properties and Personal Information.” On macOS, use the ImageOptim app. For ...

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 ...

We take and share photos every day, often without realizing we might be revealing much more than the image itself. “Almost ...

Even many people who are troubled by Facebook’s privacy abuses feel they can’t avoid using Facebook’s iPhone app to stay in touch with their family, friends, and communities. If that’s you, first make ...

If you like to send photos via text message on your iPhone, you could be putting your own privacy at risk. If you've been using a smartphone for a while, then you're probably already aware of how ...

Take a digital photo and there's a lot of information being captured by default, including the date, time and location. This Exchangeable Image File (Exif) data can expose your privacy in ways that ...

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 ...

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 ...

ViewExif from Steven Zhang is a useful utility for iPhone photographers of any level. Though it installs as a standalone app, ViewExif is an iOS extension that allows you to view the Exif information ...