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[ffutures]

If you ever wondered what your photos say about you...

This is the data accompanying one of my photos on Wikimedia Commons

Camera manufacturer FUJIFILM
Camera model FinePix2800ZOOM
F-number f/2.8
ISO speed rating 100
Date and time of data generation 18:14, 4 September 2010
Lens focal length 28.7 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Digital Camera FinePix2800ZOOM Ver7.00
File change date and time 18:14, 4 September 2010
Y and C positioning 2
Exposure Program Normal program
Exif version 2.1
Date and time of digitizing 18:14, 4 September 2010
Image compression mode 2
Shutter speed 7.1
Aperture 3
Brightness 5.38
Exposure bias 0
Maximum land aperture 3
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire
Color space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 2,442
Focal plane Y resolution 2,442
Focal plane resolution unit 3
Sensing method One-chip color area sensor
Sharpness 3
White balance Auto white balance

Presumably there's similar data for every unedited photo. Wonder how difficult it would be to use it to acquire a database of people owning seriously expensive cameras, for spamming or more sinister purposes...

Comments

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Wikimedia Commons (though I do know that Wikipedia has used photos of mine (which are on Flickr as 'Creative Commons' without accreditation or even a simple polite message) but all that info is available on most photosharing sites. What isn't, in the case of mine at least, is my real name or information about where I live. Same for most people.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily - for various reasons I make no secret of my real name etc., so it would be pretty easy to track me down.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, EXIF data is a good way of getting your copyright info onto a digital photo.