Guides
Practical explainers on photo metadata from the people who built the tool: what GPS tags reveal, which platforms strip EXIF, and how lossless removal works.
What the GPS data in your photos reveals (and how precise it really is)
The GPS block in a photo is more than a pin on a map: altitude, heading, satellite time and a trail of routine. Here is what the tags hold, how accurate they are, and who reads them.
5 min read, August 2026
Which apps and platforms strip EXIF — and which don't
Social networks mostly strip metadata from what they publish, messengers depend on how you send, and email and cloud drives keep everything. What is known as of 2026, and how to check for yourself.
5 min read, June 2026
Lossless EXIF removal vs re-encoding: why the mop matters
Metadata sits in its own segments and chunks, so it can be cut out without touching a pixel. Re-encoding does the opposite: it recompresses the picture, can shift colours and drops the orientation you relied on.
6 min read, September 2026