What exactly is EXIF?ĮXIF stands for Exchangeable Image File Format. Here's a look at what EXIF is and isn't, and what you can and can't do with it. Our digital lives are convenient but can reveal more about us than we might like others to know. It's one of the examples of how ordinary living generates a trail of data wherever we go and whatever we do. People can alter EXIF data, so it's not a certain indicator of photo attributes, but it's often accurate.
That, in turn, fueled debate about what exactly EXIF is and how much it reveals - and perhaps led to the White House's decision to reportedly strip EXIF data out of Sunday photos. That fueled criticisms that the shots were staged photo ops. That last point is of particular interest, since EXIF data from two Trump photos the White House released Saturday indicated they could have been taken 10 minutes apart. That data can include the camera model that took the shot, what exposure settings were used, where a photo was taken and, most pertinent in Trump's case, the time the photo was taken. In short, it's a standard way cameras can embed metadata within a photo file. President Donald Trump's case of COVID-19 gave an obscure photo data technology called EXIF its 15 minutes of internet fame as people started scrutinizing photos taken of him this weekend at Walter Reed hospital. For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites.
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