Facebook Security: Keep Calm And Carry On Uploading Photos To Facebook

Facebook Security responded to the recent flurry of reports about the safety of sharing location information with photos posted to the social network and other online destinations, seeking to reassure users by posting an explanation of EXIF data on the Facebook Security page.

Facebook Security responded to the recent flurry of reports about the safety of sharing location information with photos posted to the social network and other online destinations, seeking to reassure users by posting an explanation of EXIF data on the Facebook Security page.

The post read:

The Facebook Security team has received a number of questions about recent stories warning people against inadvertently sharing location information when posting photos online. Here’s the story: When you take a photo, your camera attaches information, called EXIF data, to the photo.

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