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Facebook photo privacy: does the post caption tell you what is in the JPEG?
If I post a photo on Facebook, can the file someone downloads still contain GPS even when the caption shows no place?
A Facebook caption is not the EXIF in the JPEG. A downloaded copy shows only that file. Cleaning your copy does not decide whether a label stays on the post. Clean the copy in this browser before sending. The file stays on this device and is not uploaded to this site.
The text under a post can name a place, hide a place, or say nothing. None of that edits the file in your camera roll. Location in the JPEG and a label on the post are separate layers.
Short answer
Direct answer: the caption does not remove EXIF, and a downloaded copy only describes that copy.
- What other people get: Read the file you can actually save. Do not treat one download as every Facebook client.
- What that does not prove: Cleaning your copy does not decide whether a label stays on a post. An untreated upload has already left the device.
- What you can do first: Clean the copy in this browser before the file leaves the device. Nothing is uploaded to this site.
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Marketplace photos are a common way location leaks: both in EXIF and in the picture itself.
Downloads from Facebook are derivatives.