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Bug 20326 - Option to strip some metadata on upload (GPS/geolocation privacy)
Option to strip some metadata on upload (GPS/geolocation privacy)
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Uploading (Other open bugs)
1.16.x
All All
: Low enhancement with 2 votes (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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: 35514 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 16437
Blocks:
  Show dependency tree / graph
 
Reported: 2009-08-20 18:14 UTC by Andrew Garrett
Modified: 2012-03-27 19:18 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Andrew Garrett 2009-08-20 18:14:44 UTC 
Geotagging photos is great, but we should make it easy to strip it out in some cases.

There's no reason to have GPS metadata in pictures of e.g. common household items that some unsuspecting Wikipedian has taken in their living room, and then found that their house's full GPS co-ordinates are now on the internets.
Comment 1 Brion Vibber 2009-08-21 00:25:09 UTC 
Ideal interface is probably something like:

- pick your file
- hit 'upload'
*chug chug chug it uploads*
- Confirmation screen shows thumbnail of your file, its name, description, and
metadata
-- If GPS location data is included, display a notice with the coordinates *and
a map*
- Give option to complete the upload, complete the upload but strip the
location data, or cancel the upload.
Comment 2 Brion Vibber 2009-08-21 00:32:17 UTC 
Listing bug 16437 (interstitial upload preview) as a dependency.
Comment 3 Bawolff (Brian Wolff) 2012-03-27 13:14:51 UTC 
*** Bug 35514 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 badon 2012-03-27 19:18:25 UTC 
Check out my dupe bug for a description of why more than just GPS EXIF data needs to possible to remove. (The keywords "EXIF" and "EXIF data" are now in this bug report, so it'll turn up for people searching for dupes.)
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