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HOW2 REMOVE GEOTAGS ?
I am not a computer expert. I have photos of relatives,
kids, friends which I want to circulate by email but I'm afraid of pedophiles, stalkers etc. locating the people from geotags embedded in the photos. I need a simple scanning program which will tell me if there ARE any tags present, and able to REMOVE them before I email the photos to anyone or post them on the Internet. This must be a common concern and people must be using some SIMPLE program to clean the phtos up befoere emailing them to friends. Can you please suggest a SIMPLE program to do this, preferably freeware or lowcost. Thanks in advance, Jerry |
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On 2011-09-12 19:49:45 -0700, Jerry said:
I am not a computer expert. I have photos of relatives, kids, friends which I want to circulate by email but I'm afraid of pedophiles, stalkers etc. locating the people from geotags embedded in the photos. I need a simple scanning program which will tell me if there ARE any tags present, and able to REMOVE them before I email the photos to anyone or post them on the Internet. This must be a common concern and people must be using some SIMPLE program to clean the phtos up befoere emailing them to friends. Can you please suggest a SIMPLE program to do this, preferably freeware or lowcost. Thanks in advance, Jerry Are you in anyway responsible for adding GPS, or geotag data to any of these images? If so, then I ask the following: First, what camera are you using and how are you imbedding GPS, or geotagging data. Secondly, what photo-editing software are you currently using? Then just how many of the folks you are planning to circulate these images to, are pedophiles stalkers, etc.? ....or do you not trust your friends & family, or the source of the images? There is EXIF editing software available and other image editing software such as Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop CS5. With that software you have the option of striping all or some EXIF data from image files you choose to to distribute. I make the assumption that you are using a Windows machine. Here are some other options for you, otherwise Google is your friend. http://www.photome.de/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...IFeditor.shtml http://www.photo-freeware.net/quick-exif-editor.php http://www.colorpilot.com/exif.html and http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:29:39 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2011-09-12 19:49:45 -0700, Jerry said: I am not a computer expert. I have photos of relatives, kids, friends which I want to circulate by email but I'm afraid of pedophiles, stalkers etc. locating the people from geotags embedded in the photos. I need a simple scanning program which will tell me if there ARE any tags present, and able to REMOVE them before I email the photos to anyone or post them on the Internet. This must be a common concern and people must be using some SIMPLE program to clean the phtos up befoere emailing them to friends. Can you please suggest a SIMPLE program to do this, preferably freeware or lowcost. Thanks in advance, Jerry Are you in anyway responsible for adding GPS, or geotag data to any of these images? [Jerry} Generally no. I don't even own a digital camera. But close friends send me photos which I send to ohers and no telling where they'll wind up. For instance an ex wife sends me photos of her kids taken at her new house in Phoenix and I send them to another old friend who knew us 30 years ago. If so, then I ask the following: First, what camera are you using and how are you imbedding GPS, or geotagging data. [Jerry] I'm not taking any photos, but I have friends who are not even aware of the problem and I don't want to be responsible for exposing them to risk by forwarding the photos to other friends. Secondly, what photo-editing software are you currently using? [Jerry] None... never edited any photos.. don't want to. Just want to make the photos safe before I forward them to someone. Then just how many of the folks you are planning to circulate these images to, are pedophiles stalkers, etc.? [Jerry] Get real.... the average neighborhood today has half a dozen registered sex offenders... you have no idea where a photo is going to wind up once you email it to someone... much less post it on facebook or something. ...or do you not trust your friends & family, or the source of the images? [Jerry] Get real.... this problem has been all over the news lately with pedofiles, burglars, stalkers and home invaders scanning photos on Facebook and elsewhere and locating the houses on Google Earth and then attacking random people. For cripes sake don't you watch television? There is EXIF editing software available and other image editing software such as Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop CS5. With that software you have the option of striping all or some EXIF data from image files you choose to to distribute. [jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! I make the assumption that you are using a Windows machine. Here are some other options for you, otherwise Google is your friend. http://www.photome.de/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...IFeditor.shtml http://www.photo-freeware.net/quick-exif-editor.php http://www.colorpilot.com/exif.html and http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ |
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On 13/09/2011, Jerry wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:29:39 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2011-09-12 19:49:45 -0700, Jerry said: I am not a computer expert. I have photos of relatives, kids, friends which I want to circulate by email but I'm afraid of pedophiles, stalkers etc. locating the people from geotags embedded in the photos. I need a simple scanning program which will tell me if there ARE any tags present, and able to REMOVE them before I email the photos to anyone or post them on the Internet. This must be a common concern and people must be using some SIMPLE program to clean the phtos up befoere emailing them to friends. Can you please suggest a SIMPLE program to do this, preferably freeware or lowcost. Thanks in advance, Jerry Are you in anyway responsible for adding GPS, or geotag data to any of these images? [Jerry} Generally no. I don't even own a digital camera. But close friends send me photos which I send to ohers and no telling where they'll wind up. For instance an ex wife sends me photos of her kids taken at her new house in Phoenix and I send them to another old friend who knew us 30 years ago. If so, then I ask the following: First, what camera are you using and how are you imbedding GPS, or geotagging data. [Jerry] I'm not taking any photos, but I have friends who are not even aware of the problem and I don't want to be responsible for exposing them to risk by forwarding the photos to other friends. Secondly, what photo-editing software are you currently using? [Jerry] None... never edited any photos.. don't want to. Just want to make the photos safe before I forward them to someone. Then just how many of the folks you are planning to circulate these images to, are pedophiles stalkers, etc.? [Jerry] Get real.... the average neighborhood today has half a dozen registered sex offenders... you have no idea where a photo is going to wind up once you email it to someone... much less post it on facebook or something. ...or do you not trust your friends & family, or the source of the images? [Jerry] Get real.... this problem has been all over the news lately with pedofiles, burglars, stalkers and home invaders scanning photos on Facebook and elsewhere and locating the houses on Google Earth and then attacking random people. For cripes sake don't you watch television? There is EXIF editing software available and other image editing software such as Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop CS5. With that software you have the option of striping all or some EXIF data from image files you choose to to distribute. [jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! I make the assumption that you are using a Windows machine. Here are some other options for you, otherwise Google is your friend. http://www.photome.de/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...IFeditor.shtml http://www.photo-freeware.net/quick-exif-editor.php http://www.colorpilot.com/exif.html and http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ Then your best bet is to use Irfanview (it's free). http://www.irfanview.com/ Open a file in Irfanview, select save as, set the type to JPG and uncheck all of the checkboxes in the small panel of options that opens. -- N |
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On 2011-09-13 00:53:42 -0700, Jerry said:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:29:39 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2011-09-12 19:49:45 -0700, Jerry said: I am not a computer expert. I have photos of relatives, kids, friends which I want to circulate by email but I'm afraid of pedophiles, stalkers etc. locating the people from geotags embedded in the photos. I need a simple scanning program which will tell me if there ARE any tags present, and able to REMOVE them before I email the photos to anyone or post them on the Internet. This must be a common concern and people must be using some SIMPLE program to clean the phtos up befoere emailing them to friends. Can you please suggest a SIMPLE program to do this, preferably freeware or lowcost. Thanks in advance, Jerry Are you in anyway responsible for adding GPS, or geotag data to any of these images? [Jerry} Generally no. I don't even own a digital camera. But close friends send me photos which I send to ohers and no telling where they'll wind up. For instance an ex wife sends me photos of her kids taken at her new house in Phoenix and I send them to another old friend who knew us 30 years ago. If so, then I ask the following: First, what camera are you using and how are you imbedding GPS, or geotagging data. [Jerry] I'm not taking any photos, but I have friends who are not even aware of the problem and I don't want to be responsible for exposing them to risk by forwarding the photos to other friends. No you are sounding irrationally paranoid. I believe your fears are unfounded. Secondly, what photo-editing software are you currently using? [Jerry] None... never edited any photos.. don't want to. Just want to make the photos safe before I forward them to someone. In that case go ahead and forward them, I gather you feel as safe about those you would forward to, as the folks who forwarded them to you, felt about you. Then just how many of the folks you are planning to circulate these images to, are pedophiles stalkers, etc.? [Jerry] Get real.... the average neighborhood today has half a dozen registered sex offenders... you have no idea where a photo is going to wind up once you email it to someone... much less post it on facebook or something. I am about the most "real" individual you are going to find in this newsgroup in this regard, given that I am retired Law enforcement. Where exactly are you getting your figure of "half a dozen registered sex offenders" in the average neighborhood? There are some areas where you will find clusters of these individuals, but for the most part registered sex offenders are not prowling the streets of America in a search for victims, using e-mailed imaged which might or might not be geotagged. ....and if you are concerned that somebody you are forwarding these images to might be a registered sex offender, just check. http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Portal.asp...ookieSupport=1 ...or do you not trust your friends & family, or the source of the images? [Jerry] Get real.... this problem has been all over the news lately with pedofiles, burglars, stalkers and home invaders scanning photos on Facebook and elsewhere and locating the houses on Google Earth and then attacking random people. For cripes sake don't you watch television? Actually I believe it is you who should "get real". Exactly which news service is broadcasting all this fear mongering with regard to all those criminals attacking "random people"? ....and I do watch television and I have yet to see a report of any attack which has resulted from e-mailing an image with GPS, or geotag data embedded. There is EXIF editing software available and other image editing software such as Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop CS5. With that software you have the option of striping all or some EXIF data from image files you choose to to distribute. [jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! OK! I add GPS data to the majority of my images. Here is a link to one of my photographs which has GPS data encoded, and if you can read that data, it will show you exactly where I was standing when I took that shot. It is an interesting tool which should not frighten you. http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/DNC_9246fw.jpg It is only complicated if you have no idea of what all of this stuff is about, so I guess for you it is complicated. In which country has this become a national problem and which media has been giving it a lot of attention? Complicated stuff snipped -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:21:50 +1000, N wrote:
[jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! Then your best bet is to use Irfanview (it's free). http://www.irfanview.com/ Open a file in Irfanview, select save as, set the type to JPG and uncheck all of the checkboxes in the small panel of options that opens. [Jerry] OK, I downloaded it and that's simple enough to use. But before I clean a photo I would like to know if there was any GPS data in there to begin with so I can warn the person who sent it to me. Can Irfanview tell me that too ? |
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On 13/09/2011, Jerry wrote:
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:21:50 +1000, N wrote: [jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! Then your best bet is to use Irfanview (it's free). http://www.irfanview.com/ Open a file in Irfanview, select save as, set the type to JPG and uncheck all of the checkboxes in the small panel of options that opens. [Jerry] OK, I downloaded it and that's simple enough to use. But before I clean a photo I would like to know if there was any GPS data in there to begin with so I can warn the person who sent it to me. Can Irfanview tell me that too ? Yes it can. With the original file open, select Image - Information and click on the EXIF button. If the EXIF button isn't visible (just above the IPTC Info button) then there is no EXIF info in the file and thus no GPS info. Here's one I prepared earlier containing GPS information in the EXIF. If your file doesn't have GPS then the data shown below in the second group won't be there. Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D300 Orientation - Top left XResolution - 72.00 YResolution - 72.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch Software - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows DateTime - 2011:09:12 18:47:06 Artist - YCbCrPositioning - Centered ReferenceBlackWhite - 0 Copyright - ExifOffset - 416 ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds FNumber - 4 ExposureProgram - Normal program ISOSpeedRatings - 400 ExifVersion - 0220 DateTimeOriginal - 2011:09:12 10:27:54 DateTimeDigitized - 2011:09:12 10:27:54 ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 2.83 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired FocalLength - 35 mm UserComment - SubsecTime - SubsecTimeOriginal - SubsecTimeDigitized - FlashPixVersion - 0100 ColorSpace - sRGB ExifImageWidth - 969 ExifImageHeight - 1374 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera SceneType - A directly photographed image CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto White Balance - Manual DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 52 mm SceneCaptureType - Standard GainControl - Low gain up Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Normal SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown GPS information: - GPSVersionID - 2.2.0.0 GPSLatitudeRef - S GPSLatitude - 33 32 21.12 GPSLongitudeRef - E GPSLongitude - 150 25 24.09 GPSAltitudeRef - Sea level reference GPSAltitude - 1002.76 m Thumbnail: - Compression - 6 (JPG) XResolution - 72 YResolution - 72 ResolutionUnit - Inch JpegIFOffset - 1270 JpegIFByteCount - 9659 -- N |
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Do consider that the op of this thread might be a offender itself trying
to cover its tracks. --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to --- |
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On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:09:07 +1000, N wrote:
On 13/09/2011, Jerry wrote: On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:21:50 +1000, N wrote: [jerry] Yeah bui this stuff looks complicated as hell.... isn't there a simple WIPEOUT PROGRAM that will simply scan a JPEG photo and wipe all the info off of it? This has become a national problem receiving a lot of media attention.... there must be some simple turnkey program that will protect people from this kind of thing without forcing them to become computer PhD's !! Then your best bet is to use Irfanview (it's free). http://www.irfanview.com/ Open a file in Irfanview, select save as, set the type to JPG and uncheck all of the checkboxes in the small panel of options that opens. [Jerry] OK, I downloaded it and that's simple enough to use. But before I clean a photo I would like to know if there was any GPS data in there to begin with so I can warn the person who sent it to me. Can Irfanview tell me that too ? Yes it can. With the original file open, select Image - Information and click on the EXIF button. If the EXIF button isn't visible (just above the IPTC Info button) then there is no EXIF info in the file and thus no GPS info. Here's one I prepared earlier containing GPS information in the EXIF. If your file doesn't have GPS then the data shown below in the second group won't be there. Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D300 Orientation - Top left XResolution - 72.00 YResolution - 72.00 ResolutionUnit - Inch Software - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows DateTime - 2011:09:12 18:47:06 Artist - YCbCrPositioning - Centered ReferenceBlackWhite - 0 Copyright - ExifOffset - 416 ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds FNumber - 4 ExposureProgram - Normal program ISOSpeedRatings - 400 ExifVersion - 0220 DateTimeOriginal - 2011:09:12 10:27:54 DateTimeDigitized - 2011:09:12 10:27:54 ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr ExposureBiasValue - 0.00 MaxApertureValue - F 2.83 MeteringMode - Multi-segment LightSource - Auto Flash - Not fired FocalLength - 35 mm UserComment - SubsecTime - SubsecTimeOriginal - SubsecTimeDigitized - FlashPixVersion - 0100 ColorSpace - sRGB ExifImageWidth - 969 ExifImageHeight - 1374 SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera SceneType - A directly photographed image CustomRendered - Normal process ExposureMode - Auto White Balance - Manual DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 52 mm SceneCaptureType - Standard GainControl - Low gain up Contrast - Normal Saturation - Normal Sharpness - Normal SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown GPS information: - GPSVersionID - 2.2.0.0 GPSLatitudeRef - S GPSLatitude - 33 32 21.12 GPSLongitudeRef - E GPSLongitude - 150 25 24.09 GPSAltitudeRef - Sea level reference GPSAltitude - 1002.76 m Thumbnail: - Compression - 6 (JPG) XResolution - 72 YResolution - 72 ResolutionUnit - Inch JpegIFOffset - 1270 JpegIFByteCount - 9659 [Jerry] Geez... that's pretty scary... if someone takes a picture in their house it gives away the exact location of where they live. Cripes... what a setup for burglers!! OK... I found the EXIF button and it's lit up meaning there is data in there. When I hit the button however I get a DLL error message Can't load plugin: METADATA.DLL Please install or update PlugIns from Irfanview homepage I'll be a while straightening that out, but no problem I've been through DLL problems before and in the meanwhile I have a tool to clear all the EXIF data in any case. Thanks a lot N, you've been a real help. Jerry |
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On 13/09/2011, Jerry wrote:
[Jerry] Geez... that's pretty scary... if someone takes a picture in their house it gives away the exact location of where they live. Cripes... what a setup for burglers!! OK... I found the EXIF button and it's lit up meaning there is data in there. When I hit the button however I get a DLL error message Can't load plugin: METADATA.DLL Please install or update PlugIns from Irfanview homepage I'll be a while straightening that out, but no problem I've been through DLL problems before and in the meanwhile I have a tool to clear all the EXIF data in any case. Thanks a lot N, you've been a real help. Jerry Download the plug-in pack for Irfanview from the same site. I added the GPS data to my photos taken this weekend. My camera doesn't do it, although a GPS unit can be added to my camera (for more money than I care to outlay). Most don't. However, lots of phone cameras do. As far as I know, it's an option that can be turned on or off. I use a GPS track logger and then Nikon ViewNX to match the locations by time to the GPS log. -- N |
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