Author: sea
IT House sources said select "Send picture" when micro letter picture may leak shoot positioning before December 1 news; School of Computer Engineering, Jiangsu Oceanic University Professor Zhang said that when we open the phone When the GPS positioning and taking photos are set to save the geographic location and send the original image, some information stored in the photo will be transmitted to the other party together with the photo.
In response to the possible disclosure of the original image, the Tencent WeChat team issued a statement saying don't panic, and said that as early as 2017, there were related rumors.
WeChat official said that any photos taken by smartphones now contain Exif parameters, which can call GPS global positioning system data and record location, time and other information in the photo. Whether you use WeChat, SMS, email or other transmission tools to send the original image, the attached information will be sent together. However, the photos sent by Moments are automatically compressed by the system without location and other information. If you are really worried, you can avoid posting the original image or turn off the positioning. There is another lore, P finish the picture and then post.
The following is the original text of "About Sending Original Images, You Need to Know" released by WeChat in 2017:
We are concerned about the recent rumors about "WeChat sending original images leaking privacy". We explain this as follows:
Now, Any photo taken by a smart phone contains Exif parameters, which can call GPS global positioning system data and record location, time and other information in the photo.
When the user sends the original picture to others, the attached information is also sent out. This is true whether you use WeChat, SMS, email, or other transmission tools. Strictly speaking, the so-called geographic location information leakage has nothing to do with WeChat. Some official accounts attributed it to WeChat, which was seriously misleading and caused panic to the majority of users.
In addition, the pictures sent by users in Moments are automatically compressed by the system, not original pictures, and no location information. Some accounts claim that they "show a full day's trace through the pictures of Moments", which is purely fictional.
We hope that public accounts can carefully screen information to avoid exaggerating facts and cause unnecessary harm to the public and enterprises; we also remind users to pay attention to the protection of personal information. You can turn off location-related privacy related services in the smartphone "settings" Features.
(Original title: WeChat issued a statement on "posting the original picture leaked location": don’t panic, you can post the picture after P)
(responsible editor: Joe Junjing_NBJ11279)
