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What is metadata, and what does your photo actually tell people?

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here is something that surprised me when I first looked into it properly. You take a photo on your phone. You turn off location access in Instagram before posting it. You think you covered your tracks.

But the photo file already has your GPS coordinates embedded in it. Right there, in the file. Instagram reads them from the file before it ever asks about location permissions.

That is metadata. And it is worth understanding.

What is GDPR, and does it actually protect you?

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Let me guess. You have clicked “Accept all cookies” more times than you can count, and somewhere in the back of your mind you know it has something to do with GDPR. But if someone asked you to explain what GDPR actually is, you would probably change the subject.

No judgement. I would have done the same a few years ago.

If you have ever wondered what is actually behind that acronym, and whether it does anything useful for you, this one is for you.