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July 29, 2021
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I have just read that in a up and coming update Adobe plans to attach personally identifiable metadata to all files produced within the Adobe suite, starting with photo's and video.

Does anyone know if this is true, and if so how can it be removed / stopped?

I share multiple files around between customers, friends and across the internet and more often than not I don't want my personal details being spread round with it too, embedded or not!

Can anyone from Adobe throw some light on this, is it true or rumour

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Correct answer Conrad_C

If you are reading a misinterpretation of the upcoming Content Authenticity Initiative that Jain brought up, it might be worth reading about it a little more closely. One part of their web page says:

Throughout this process, the creator of content can choose to preserve attribution or to remain anonymous. Privacy and security of photojournalists and other creators are of the utmost consideration in our work.

It sounds like it might work similarly to how embedding existing image metadata already works in Adobe apps now: You can export with metadata, or choose to strip it on export. So if you want to anonymize your photos, you probably still will be able to.

What the CAI will give us that we don’t have now, is that if you choose to keep the CAI metadata in your photos, and someone edits one of your photos into something quite inflammatory and posts it on Twitter as “fake news” to provoke conflict, you will be able to point to the CAI metadata and say “That is not the actual scene in the photo I took. It has been altered by someone else. It says so right here.”

Conrad_C

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If you are reading a misinterpretation of the upcoming Content Authenticity Initiative that Jain brought up, it might be worth reading about it a little more closely. One part of their web page says:

Throughout this process, the creator of content can choose to preserve attribution or to remain anonymous. Privacy and security of photojournalists and other creators are of the utmost consideration in our work.

It sounds like it might work similarly to how embedding existing image metadata already works in Adobe apps now: You can export with metadata, or choose to strip it on export. So if you want to anonymize your photos, you probably still will be able to.

What the CAI will give us that we don’t have now, is that if you choose to keep the CAI metadata in your photos, and someone edits one of your photos into something quite inflammatory and posts it on Twitter as “fake news” to provoke conflict, you will be able to point to the CAI metadata and say “That is not the actual scene in the photo I took. It has been altered by someone else. It says so right here.”

D Fosse

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I'd like to put two likes on this post. This seems pretty much to go to the core of the whole isse. And as I said, this looks like something the world really needs now.

J E L

Community Expert

It sounds as though this is part of what was announced by Adobe in 2019 (in partnership with Twitter and the New York Times) called the Content Authenticity Initiative. As pointed out by @TheDigitalDog, this is a user-to-user forum and you can give your feedback directly to Adobe at the link provided.

D Fosse

Community Expert

If that's it, it sounds like something the world really needs and we should all welcome.

L

Lumigraphics

Legend

Please post where you read this.

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Rachel247

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UK. Why?

R.Morrigan

D Fosse

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I have no idea if there is anything in that, or what. But Adobe would have a hard time catching up with Facebook, Google and Apple, not to mention all those apps on your phone that track your every movement with GPS. It's already here, and anyone with the necessary resources can map your life to the last detail, hour by hour.

Not saying I like it; I don't, and I do whatever I can to limit my information trail on the internet.

Obviously, a "personal identifier" in metadata is something most people want, to avoid copyright infringements and misuse. I assume you mean something beyond that.

TheDigitalDog

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This is a user to user support forum. To provide feedback and suggestions about what you desire from Adobe, or ask then about this (perhaps) rumor, you should go to this URL and comment after selecting the appropriate product line:
https://feedback.photoshop.com/categories/products/5f5f2090785c1f1e6cc40864

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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