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Not if you don’t install any of their apps. I use it as a web site which is enough to post pics of kids for relatives, pretty much my only use for it.


That actually doesn't stop either of the tracking methods mentioned in the article. FB still gets your IP address and EXIF data that way.


You have to specifiy any app to access Photos. By default, that access of through a non-Photos app should strip any location data. If this is not true, then I feel less tin hatty about my decision to not allow any apps access. I also feel that copying a photo from Photos should also strip location data.


GP said they're not using the app. This is about uploading photos via the web browser.


Sorry if my point wasn't clear enough. You have to allow the browser permission to access Photos too. If you are allowing a browser access to Photos, then it's a pretty good bet you are sharing the photo. Strip the location data.


Sure, but then it's less specific. Maybe I want to upload photos with EXIF to my Dropbox but without EXIF to Facebook. There's no way configure the OS or the browser that way.




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