Title: Altered Metadata
Post by: Kyle6565 on November 12, 2021, 02:01:58 PM
Post by: Kyle6565 on November 12, 2021, 02:01:58 PM
Hey all. I wanted to see if someone can help me find out whether a photo was altered as I'm new to the metadata world. I have reason to suspect my gf bought a pic online or something and re did the data on it. I've looked at it on forensically and there. Are a lot of strange things about it but I can't pin it down
Title: Re: Altered Metadata
Post by: StarGeek on November 12, 2021, 03:27:52 PM
Post by: StarGeek on November 12, 2021, 03:27:52 PM
There are no obvious signs in the metadata that it has been edited. That doesn't mean it hasn't. It just means if someone did, they were good enough to duplicate the metadata of the original.
Title: Re: Altered Metadata
Post by: Kyle6565 on November 12, 2021, 06:05:59 PM
Post by: Kyle6565 on November 12, 2021, 06:05:59 PM
When you pull up the gps quardinates though it shows the photo was taken in the opposite direction the car was moving
Title: Re: Altered Metadata
Post by: StarGeek on November 12, 2021, 06:48:15 PM
Post by: StarGeek on November 12, 2021, 06:48:15 PM
I wouldn't know about that. I'm just saying that if the data had been changed with a program such as Lightroom or similar program, there would be a significant amount of extra data that programs like that would add. I'm not saying it wasn't altered, but it would take a reasonable amount of tech savvy to do so.
Split into it's own thread since the post had nothing to do with LensID discoveries.
Split into it's own thread since the post had nothing to do with LensID discoveries.
Title: Re: Altered Metadata
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 12, 2021, 07:47:40 PM
Post by: Phil Harvey on November 12, 2021, 07:47:40 PM
I've compared this sample to an original iPhone6s sample I have here. This is the best way to look for structural differences. There were differences, but nothing that couldn't be attributed to a different version of iOS. For a more detailed analysis, an original sample from the same camera and iOS version would be required.
- Phil
- Phil