Hiden info on your pictures

[Bradd]

Iv been told about hidden info on your camera pics that you use on ebay

I think its called Metadata How do you check that your pics are carrying this info

I tried looking at pic then the file then the properties but it didn't have any info about my camera or location or name it just had the resolution and pixel count it did have the computer name which was just a very common boys name

will this be ok to post on eBay as iv used it before on my old account


I use a samsung smart phone

[MM78]

If you take a picture on a Digital Camera...it has metadata, Smart Phones are worse, they have GPS location. So you might as well start stripping all your images.

EXIF Purge - Batch EXIF Remover

Easy Exif Delete (Official Site)

[ilcarletto]

Originally Posted by Bradd

will this be ok to post on eBay as iv used it before on my old account

No it won't be ok. Your accounts will be immediately linked.

You can also check your photo metadata details online in here:

online metadata and exif viewer

Be sure to remove all those informations before posting any picture on eBay.

[cool customer]

This is free and will do you well

BatchPurifier - Remove Hidden Data from Multiple Files

[Bradd]

Originally Posted by ilcarletto

No it won't be ok. Your accounts will be immediately linked.

You can also check your photo metadata details online in here:

online metadata and exif viewer

Be sure to remove all those informations before posting any picture on eBay.

I used this site to check but it said no data found on anything ,.i think for some reason my camera is not passing on information

[vetus]

Batch Purifier is by far your safest and best bet

[rsot]

Originally Posted by vetus

Batch Purifier is by far your safest and best bet

One of the good ones to use

[ilcarletto]

Originally Posted by Bradd

I used this site to check but it said no data found on anything ,.i think for some reason my camera is not passing on information

Give batch purifier a shot... just to be sure

[Bradd]

Ok i checked a photo old my old galaxy phone about 3 years old i can see in windows properties the name of the camera galaxy ect ect but no GPS But my new phone galaxy note 5 nothing there no datas whats so ever not amera name no GPS nothing

[MM78]

The GPS geolocation won't show, requires a special program.

[newjerseymax]

I prefer to just add a dot somewhere on pic and change size. Good to go.....

[ilcarletto]

Originally Posted by newjerseymax

I prefer to just add a dot somewhere on pic and change size. Good to go.....

You are not deleting nor overwriting metadata this way. They will still be there.

[Bradd]

Originally Posted by ilcarletto

Give batch purifier a shot... just to be sure

Is this free ?

[ilcarletto]

Program is free but this info cost you 10$

[cool customer]

Originally Posted by ilcarletto

Program is free but this info cost you 10$

I provided the same info a few posts up. My counter-bid is $9.50

[stressed08]

Is eBay really using the special program to determine gps location?? If they are, I'm sure it's just for accounts already under review by a special department, I don't see them scanning all pics for gps...

[Retailer77]

This is paranoia to 10000000x degree...eBay is not going to track an image that you open up in your stealth email, and then download onto your desktop, which was originally sent through your smartphone.
Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

It's ebay..not the fbi

[MM78]

Originally Posted by Retailer77

This is paranoia to 10000000x degree...eBay is not going to track an image that you open up in your stealth email, and then download onto your desktop, which was originally sent through your smartphone.
Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

It's ebay..not the fbi

First, your wrong.....images in emails from ebay contain "beacons", go look it up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon

Second, what the OP is talking about is the images used for their listing, Images from smartphones contain geotags which can be used to pinpoint your exact location with special software.

[Retailer77]

Originally Posted by MM78

First, your wrong.....images in emails from ebay contain "beacons", go look it up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon

Second, what the OP is talking about is the images used for their listing, Images from smartphones contain geotags which can be used to pinpoint your exact location with special software.

And do you think ebay (a company that has about a billion other things to worry about ) is REALISTICALLY going to go through the effort of tracking your geotag to trace exactly where you are?

[MM78]

Don't worry about it then, clearly you have a better grasp on the way ebay/PP works. Don't listen to us crazy folk, we be crazy....

[digim0n]

Originally Posted by Retailer77

This is paranoia to 10000000x degree...eBay is not going to track an image that you open up in your stealth email, and then download onto your desktop, which was originally sent through your smartphone.
Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

It's ebay..not the fbi

Gotta agree with this guy. I've been doing this for years with all of my accounts and not once have I been linked or limited as a result of it. You guys are really paranoid imo.

Plus what about when you randomly download images from the web, like I do for many of my listings, do they link ALL of those people with the exact same images? Ofcourse not folks.

[newjerseymax]

Originally Posted by ilcarletto

You are not deleting nor overwriting metadata this way. They will still be there.

I use

notepad.net (the program) it will overwrite the details. Have been doing it for over 7 years with dozens of accounts... No issues ever...

You can try it, the original information will not be there. Have checked it many times. and its 100% free and only takes seconds...