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what personal information could an image contain?
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(09-27-2019, 01:35 PM)kenny1999 Wrote: I know that an image could contain your GPS location. In addition to GPS location, what other
possible information that an image could contain which could identify an individual?
  • The serial number of your camera (and your lens). For a camera this could be a bit hard to track, but for a smartphone, the constructor can certainly map the S/N to an IMEI, and the network operators can map the IMEI to a number and the number to a customer. 
  • Anything you have put in the "Artist", "Copyright", and "Owner name"
OTOH, I see these things in my DSLR pictures but not in my phone, where the pictures are more anonymous (besides the GPS data of course).

So this is camera-dependent, and the best way to tell is to take pics from your usual camera(s) and run them through and EXIF analyzer (ExifTool or else) and see for yourself.
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RE: what personal information could an image contain? - by Ofnuts - 09-27-2019, 02:57 PM

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