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Faking a JPEG

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277 points todsacerdoti | 5 comments | 11 Jul 25 22:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.861s | source
1. bschwindHN ◴[11 Jul 25 23:51 UTC] No.44537993[source]▶
You should generate fake but believable EXIF data to go along with your JPEGs too.
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2. derektank ◴[12 Jul 25 00:22 UTC] No.44538152[source]▶
From the headline that's actually what I was expecting the link to discuss
3. russelg ◴[12 Jul 25 03:26 UTC] No.44539042[source]▶
They're taking the valid JPEG headers from images already on their site, so it's possible those are already in place.
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4. bigiain ◴[12 Jul 25 05:55 UTC] No.44539677[source]▶
Fake exif data with lat/longs showing the image was taken inside Area 51 or The Cheyenne Mountain Complex or Guantanamo Bay...
5. electroglyph ◴[12 Jul 25 07:04 UTC] No.44539964[source]▶
there's no metadata in the example image