It seems itmay now contain malware, harmful to your PC.
If you are a blogger or post pictures on the internet (who doesn’t nowadays?
), did you know that you might be at risk?
You might be sharing information with people that you don’t want to.
You might be thinking - SO WHAT?
Sure if you have nothing to hide than you should not be worried.
That’s right the thumbnail is NOT updated as you edit the image, it is the original thumbnail.
So if you are photoshopping yourself - double-check the original picture didn’t show you in a compromising situation!
Even a not so techie person can view the MetaData and use it against you!
There are plenty of sites for that, CameraSummary is one of such image data extractor websites.
Let’s teach our paranoid friends how to remove their MetaData from pictures and ease their minds.
We can start by downloading a small software calledJPEG & PNG Stripper.
It is a 75KB file that does exactly what it promises.
There are not many options and you really cannot go wrong.
It is a simple drag and drop operation that will clear up your skeletons in the closet.
It also has command line options and you’re free to do entire folders in one shot.
You are actually saving a small amount of space as well because that MetaData does have to live somewhere!
Let’s take a look at how it works.
You simply fire up the system called Stripper.exe.
It is as simple as that!
The image quality IS NOT AFFECTED.
Includes command line support.
