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Don't steal me camera -

#1 Post by cthisbear »

" Every photo you take with your digital camera contains hidden
information about the images (such as the settings used to take it)
and the camera (such as the make, model and unique serial number
used to identify it).
This is known as "exif" data. "

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/came ... z1i17Mnyjt

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/came ... 1pdkw.html

Chris.

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#2 Post by Flash »

Now that I see this, I remember reading that someone whose camera was stolen found it by looking for its exif metadata in pictures on the internet. The exif metadata can be removed or altered, but whoever posted the pictures probably didn't know about exif metadata. :lol:

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#3 Post by Fossil »

Using GQView. Go to 'View'. 'Exif-Data', tick 'Advanced View' - lower right corner. All is revealed.
But, as Flash remarked, some software on resizing the image also strips the internal markers.

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#4 Post by Flash »

Is GQView a Windows program?

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#5 Post by Fossil »

Is GQView a Windows program?
GQView is a small image viewing program for Puppy 4 series. It can be found as a .pet. gqview-2.0.4-i386.pet
Now superceded by other image viewing programs, it's still fast, and has a good array of features.

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#6 Post by big_bass »

Hey cthisbear

I enjoyed the story
thanks for the post
Joe

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#7 Post by cthisbear »

Thanks Joe.

A happy 2012 to you and our puppy entourage.

Chris.

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