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Protect privacy by providing way of stripping EXIF and other metadata on images (SPEC-249)

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Description

Submitted by @​matthew:matrix.org
Unclear whether this should be done client-by-client (and risk clients getting it wrong and breaking privacy), or a helpful function which we can recommend the content repository to implement...

(Imported from https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SPEC-249)

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Start by examining the client-versus-content-repository boundary for image metadata handling, then define the required privacy behavior and how completion would be verified.

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Assessment

Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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