Removing the EXIF data from my fake hashnode profile pic

As I was setting up my fake Hashnode profile I started wondering if it was possible to read a profile photos' exif data to find out if I downloaded it from https://thispersondoesnotexist.xyz/. Maybe it's stripped off in the upload / optimization process upon uploading here? I wonder...

Now, I know what you're saying to yourself, "I'm clickin' away if I don't see CLI tool writtens in PERL sometime around 2005 for this". I want you to stop right there. One word. "exiftool"

Get exiftool.

side note: I know you've been conditioned to be a lazy-ass code copy paster. I won't encourage this behavior here by giving you a command to install these tools for your favorite OS. Do your due-diligence. Don't f'n download software from these slack-ass walk-through posts without at least mumbling under your breath, "I don't give a Sh*t. This is a work computer."

Here's a bash script you can pipe to fill the void I've left for you.

curl parrot.live

Lets check my photo

exiftool antoine.jpg

Apparently, my download doesn't have any identifying info! Is this the case for all downloaded photos from this site? Lemme check a few.

Sweet. Now I know there's no way you'd be able to tell that my profile photo is fake! rubs hands manically .

You. You've got a juicier one... don't you?

Strip it all off

exiftool -all= bossdoinblow.jpg
# or with match patterns
exiftool -all= *.jpg

Change what you will

exiftool -createdate="1955:11:05 01:00:00" bosswithescort.jpg

There's different tags for different formats. Check it.

https://exiftool.org/TagNames/index.html

It's all about location. location. location.

I'm not convinced. Am I seeing all the info? How can I confirm that i am not leaking something I don't want?

Get imagemagic

https://imagemagick.org/

Read all the things

identify -verbose juno106.jpg

That's overwhelming! Let's narrow it down. exiftool makes this easier.

exiftool -s -*GPS* obrahiemOB8.jpg

If only there were a way I could get rid of that data...

# imagine me repeating the command here

Final note. Even though much of this is meant to be sarcastic and fun, there really is a larger moral to this story beyond script-kitty-ing our way to clandestine manipulation of images. I want you to say to yourself, "what about xzy?". One of the most subversive, dangerous, and sly traps of the internet (and now AI) is the ejaculated readiness of information and the optimization algorithms to get you to click. The side effect is half truths or complete misinformation. We're all sucking off the information teet without knowing whos teet we're sucking or why we're even hungry in the first place. Just take a min. Make sure you've got the right tiddy.