In many cases, it is important to remove metadata from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and that’s because it includes identifying information that may include such things as your full name, initials, ...

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 ...

Every photo you take is secretly telling a story you might not want to share. Buried inside the image file is hidden metadata that can show exactly when and where you took it, what camera or phone you ...

When you capture photos, your current location is automatically tagged in your photos. You can view this information by opening the properties of your photos. This information is helpful in some cases ...

Taylor Swift has been the victim of fake AI images and videos OpenAI is adding watermarks to images created by its DALLE-3 AI in ChatGPT, but it’s ridiculously easy to remove them. So easy that ...

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SecureMac, a developer of security and privacy software for Macs, has launched a new privacy tool called MetaWipe. The app is designed to help Mac users delete file metadata from images and other file ...

When you upload photos to Facebook, Twitter, or elsewhere on the Internet, you may be sharing more information than you know. Your photos can have hidden data in them, like exact location data. If ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Not to be outdone by a rival, OpenAI today announced it is updating its ...

We've been talking about the problems fake AI photos can create for months, ever since it became clear that AI image generators would be able to come up with pictures that are indistinguishable from ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, but add the ability to read its metadata, and it's worth even more. But what exactly is metadata? Think of it as an invisible backpack of information that comes in ...