Caitlin Sarian explains how photos store your exact location in metadata. On iOS, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Location Services and set Camera to Never. On Android, turn off Location in your camera app settings.
Settings → Privacy and Security → Location Services → Camera (set to "Never").
Open the camera app settings and turn the Location setting off.
You are sharing your location every time you share a photo with family, friends, etc. Hi, I'm Kaylin. I'm a cyber security and data protection expert and I want to help you protect your data online. Let's go. Did you know that every time you take a photo there is metadata connected to that photo? Some of that data includes the location of where you took it. For example, if you decide to take a cute picture of yourself and send it to a new boy that you just met, you're giving your exact location to basically a stranger. Here is how to turn it off. If you want more content like this, hit that follow button.
Go to Settings, then scroll down to Privacy and Security and then hit Location Services. Scroll down to Camera and make sure it's set to never. For Android, go to your camera app settings and then turn Location setting off.
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