[liberationtech] Metadata Cleanup trough File Format Convertion?
Nick
liberationtech at njw.me.uk
Wed Jul 17 12:22:50 PDT 2013
Quoth Fabio Pietrosanti (naif):
> If a JPEG is converted to PNG, "maybe" all metadatas are lost. (this
> has to be verified)
> If a DOC/DOCX is converted to a PDF, maybe all metadatas are lost.
Interesting topic. I'd be most worried about watermarks, as
depending on the format they may well remain, and be difficult to
find or test for. I don't know if they're routinely used, but it's
certainly something to be aware of.
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