[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 207088] Uploading photos from iOS photo library strips EXIF data

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207088

--- Comment #5 from Henry <henry at escapelab.com.au> ---
Comment on attachment 426214
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AirDrop settings to include EXIF data

This is still a huge problem for us. Users are trying to upload their photos to our hosting & backup service, but under the current setup, it's very problematic. 

Users are choosing to upload photos at 'Actual Size', but are disappointed to find that the EXIF data has been removed, and their filenames are replaced with useless UUIDs. This leads to many problems for the users, and for us:

1. Users have no way to sort their photos, because there are no dates, and no filenames.
2. Users can't reconcile or find photos, because the filenames are not the same as the ones shown in Apple Photos or in Finder.
3. Users don't have a true backup of their photos, because lots of important data has been stripped out.
4. Duplicate detection is not possible because the filenames have been replaced with UUIDs.

At the moment we recommend users don't upload via an iOS device, but instead transfer their photos to a computer (via AirDrop or ImageCapture), and then upload the files via a desktop browser. Obviously, this is a horribly inconvenient workaround. It would be much better is users could upload their iPhone photos direct from their iPhone.

I assume this is done for privacy reasons. However, I feel there should be an option for users to include this data when they want to. AirDrop already features a similar setting, which allows users to 'Include All Photo Data' (see attachment). I believe Safari on iOS should have a similar option. Safari already has an option that allows you to select the image size (Small, Medium, Large, Actual Size), so adding a setting in here would make sense. A nice way might be just to add another option into the size list, something like 'Original File', with an explanation that this option includes the filename and meta data.

It would also be good if this setting is 'remembered' for each origin or Home Screen Web App, so that users who frequently use the site are not having to change the setting every time they upload another batch of files.

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