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LINE photo privacy: can a sent photo still carry GPS?
If I send a photo in LINE chat, an album, Keep, or as a file, can the other person still read the GPS?
LINE chat, album, Keep, and file send are different paths. A help page that never mentions GPS does not tell you what a saved file contains. Check the copy before you send it. Clean the copy in this browser before sending. The file stays on this device and is not uploaded to this site.
Chat images, albums, Keep, and file sends are different places to put a picture. A help page can omit EXIF entirely and still not tell you what a saved file contains. Read the copy you are about to send.
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Direct answer: do not assume LINE strips location on every path. The file you send is the one you can check.
- What other people get: The saved file is the one that person received on that path. Album bytes and chat bytes need not match.
- What that does not prove: A help page that never mentions GPS is not a measurement of a saved attachment. An untreated original still leaves the device intact.
- 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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LINE is the default sharing surface for a large part of the Japanese creator and friend graph. A translated “how to remove EXIF” page is the wrong shape.
Official LINE help describes sending photos and videos. It does not replace a hash-checked download test.
Video size for LINE chat is a compressor problem. Location on a still is a metadata problem.