Sometimes you take that dope photo using your iPhone, and you might want to share with friends. However, sometimes sharing the photo could mean sharing a lot of data that you would not like to make public, such as your location.
In most cases, your current location s regarded as a personal (private) data.
iOS, the operating software that runs iPhones and Pads includes a handy toggle switch to quickly turn off location details as well as other metadata before you send photos and videos.
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However, the setting is on per-share basis, meaning the user is required to set it each time they want to turn off location data.
To turn off the location data while sharing a photo or video on iPhone:
- On the iPhone/iPad photos app, choose the photo(s) or video(s) you’d like to share
- Tap the share button on the bottom left corner on iPhone or top right corner on iPad
- Go to options at the top
- Tap ‘toggle next to Location’ to turn it off
- Tap ‘Done’ at the top right corner
- choose the medium and send your media.
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