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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple's new iOS 15 update contains a number of smaller features and changes, such as an EXIF data reader for Photos and a baked-in password authenticator. After years of going without, Apple's native ...

If you've ever wanted to see the EXIF data for a photo right on your iPhone Photos app, then you're going to want to install the iOS 15 update right away. With iOS 15, each image in the ‌Photos‌ app ...

Windows only: Setting (and re-setting, and re-setting) your camera's clock can be a pain, but wildly incorrect photo timestamps even more so. Here's a free program that can keep your shots in sync.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. In reality, location tagging is one of the most useful features on ...