BenjaminHas

Agreed. In this case the bigger issue isn’t the tool itself, but awareness. Most people don’t even realize photo metadata exists or what it can expose. The decisions around sharing images get made without that context, and they rarely get revisited.

This is really impressive! I love how you combined AI assistance with schematics, patents, and ROMs to recreate it.

Totally, that’s exactly why I made it. No installs, no downloads, and free. Metadata cleanup in seconds, zero hassle.

Good question! Most photo editors don’t give you full control over all metadata fields, like GPS, device info, timestamps, or custom tags. Also, most people don’t even know how to remove it manually. MetaRefresh lets you strip or edit everything client-side, and we offer an auto-edit mode for convenience.

Thanks for sharing, runtimepanic! ExifLooter looks really interesting! I like how it tackles EXIF and geolocation at scale and integrates with OpenStreetMap. That kind of tool is definitely complementary to what I built with MetaRefresh.

I completely agree... metadata leaks are still widely underestimated, and it’s great to see tools raising awareness while giving users control.