Question does gbatemp strip geolocation data

[Crazynoob458]

just that question

 

[Shadow#1]

just that question

What do I have to hide from is?

 

[mrgone]

from what?
do cellphone-browsers send location data on each request if location-services are enabled?

 

[Costello]

your IP address must be stored for legal reasons, so we have an IP address for each post; based on the IP it's possible to tell your country, so I guess that counts as geolocation data?

 

[Minox]

You mean geolocation metadata from uploaded images?

 

[FAST6191]

I would presume it was for image exif data ( http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi ) that includes it.

Historically it did not (several times I got to send PMs to people saying maybe want to sort that out). These days many of the resizes and quality drop for embedded images will.

If your phone does something non standard then no guarantees, or you have some kind of world of warcraft https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-wa...ur-account-name-and-server-ip-in-screenshots/ situation going on then different matter entirely. If you bundle said images in a zip file (possibly to dodge the forum resize and quality drop) and attach that then not so much.
I don't know what is stored behind the scenes in the database such that a future update (say in 10 years when bandwidth is cheap and nobody will bat an eye at a 5 meg picture) skips things, or someone can figure out original URLs.

Short version. If you are concerned then disable it, or fire it through whatever exif stripper you care to trust.

 

[Crazynoob458]

I would presume it was for image exif data ( http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi ) that includes it.

Historically it did not (several times I got to send PMs to people saying maybe want to sort that out). These days many of the resizes and quality drop for embedded images will.

If your phone does something non standard then no guarantees, or you have some kind of world of warcraft https://www.pcgamer.com/world-of-wa...ur-account-name-and-server-ip-in-screenshots/ situation going on then different matter entirely. If you bundle said images in a zip file (possibly to dodge the forum resize and quality drop) and attach that then not so much.
I don't know what is stored behind the scenes in the database such that a future update (say in 10 years when bandwidth is cheap and nobody will bat an eye at a 5 meg picture) skips things, or someone can figure out original URLs.

Short version. If you are concerned then disable it, or fire it through whatever exif stripper you care to trust.

Yes I meant image exif data
Thank you for sorting that out

 

[Deleted member 568892]

Yes I meant image exif data
Thank you for sorting that out

Shouldn't you use a metadata removal tool before posting?

 

[Deleted member 568892]

your IP address must be stored for legal reasons, so we have an IP address for each post; based on the IP it's possible to tell your country, so I guess that counts as geolocation data?

What if a user deletes their account? What about cases where the IP address is useless (mainly Tor and no logs VPN users).

 

[Costello]

What if a user deletes their account?

IPs have to be retained for a while for legal reasons

What about cases where the IP address is useless (mainly Tor and no logs VPN users).

nothing we can do about that