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author | David Barts <n5jrn@me.com> |
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date | Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:38:26 -0700 |
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--- a/Readme.html Sat Apr 11 11:24:25 2020 -0700 +++ b/Readme.html Sat Apr 11 13:38:26 2020 -0700 @@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ choice of metadata to be scrubbed, click “Wash” and all offending metadata will be removed. A dialog will pop up showing the metadata remaining in the new, washed file.</p> + <h3>Important: Run ExifWasher Last!</h3> + <p>Most image-editing tools insert telltale bits of metadata into the output + they create. Thus, only way you can create a file with the minimum amount + of metadata in it is to run ExifWasher as the final step in your image + preparation.</p> <h2>Output Files</h2> <p>ExifWasher never modifies an existing image file. Instead, it creates a new file of the same type but with “_washed” appended to its name. For @@ -89,5 +94,18 @@ metadata key, and those that match a key prefix. The latter end in an asterisk. The whitelist is case-sensitive; i.e. the entry <code>exif.image.colormap</code> <em>will not</em> match the <code>Exif.Image.ColorMap</code> key.</p> + <h2>That’s about It</h2> + <p>ExifWasher does not, and probably never will, do anything but remove + extraneous metadata.</p> + <p>First, I have no desire to re-invent the wheel. There are already + excellent open-source tools like Gimp for image editing, and ExifTool and + Exiv2 for general-purpose metadata editing (in fact, ExifWasher is built + on top of Exiv2). If you need the functionality of some other tool, + download and use it!</p> + <p>Second (and more importantly), I want ExifWasher to be simple, and + therefore easy to learn and easy to use. The more challenging an + information-security tool is to use, the less likely it is to be used + frequently, and the more likely it is that compromising information gets + disclosed.</p> </body> </html>