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What a photo says about itself.

What a photo's EXIF, XMP and IPTC can say (camera, settings, date, place, names) and how to read it in your browser with nothing uploaded.

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A photo's metadata: camera KeepCam Pocket 12, taken 3 October 2026, place 18.922°, 72.8347°, and buttons to remove everything or the place

Cameras and phones write a note into every photo.

What it holds.

Often the maker and model, the lens, shutter, aperture and ISO, when it was taken and the time zone, the GPS position, the software it passed through, and sometimes the photographer's name and copyright.

The place, as numbers.

The position is shown as latitude and longitude only; the page asks no map, so nothing about your photo is sent anywhere.

When it says nothing.

Many apps and social sites take metadata out when a photo is shared, so a photo that came from one may say nothing about itself.

Further reading

Topics: exif viewer · exif data · what is exif · photo info · view metadata

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