Will the original image of WeChat reveal personal information?

Sending the original image will reveal personal information such as time, place and equipment parameters.

Many people are used to taking photos on social platforms, but digital photos in mobile phones will store information including shooting time, location and equipment parameters, which may make strangers locate you through photos in minutes, thus bringing security risks. In addition to not sending the original picture, you can also save the picture by disabling the relevant permissions of the mobile phone or using the picture processing software, which can not only ensure the clarity, but also prevent the information from leaking out.

In the case of WeChat "sending the original picture", it will indeed expose the user's detailed address. According to industry insiders, at present, photos taken by any smart phone contain Exif parameters, and Exif contains GPS geographic information, which may indeed "leak". However, it is not difficult to prevent "leakage", just turn off "location information" or send photos to netizens in the form of "P pictures" before sending them.

How to avoid this kind of problem: First of all, we should establish the privacy awareness of strangers, try not to send real photos, and try not to check the original pictures when sending them. Secondly, some mobile phone manufacturers are worried about the risk of privacy leakage and provide privacy security erasure function at the operating system level.

If you are really worried, there are three simple ways to solve it: first, avoid sending the original picture; Second, if you really want to send it, then turn off the mobile phone positioning; Third, it can be sent after the "P picture".