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Your smartphone invisibly attaches metadata such as coordinates, camera type, resolution, smartphone model or operating system to your pictures. With some camera apps, this can be partially or completely deactivated.

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If your phone is stolen, this data can provide information about your origin. Use apps like "Imagepipe" to clean up your pictures before you upload them to the Internet. You can install Imagepipe on your Android smartphone via F-Droid.

Particularly important for the following target groups:

  • Political activism
  • Migration, flight and asylum
  • Stalking and women's shelters

Other categories

  • Behavior-based risks
  • Location monitoring
  • Dangers on the Internet
  • Rather simple

Sources and further links

  1. Imagepipe auf F-Droid
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