[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 #19 from Henry <henry at escapelab.com.au> ---
Hi Martin. When I first opened this bug (almost 3 years ago) I thought that the removal of EXIF data might be intentional (privacy maybe?) but now I’m almost certain that isn’t the case. This is simply a bug. The reason I am confident that it is a bug is because of the following:

There are 3 image formats for photos on iOS: JPG, HEIC, and RAW. When you upload photos in Safari you can select the size of the photo that is uploaded (Small, Medium, Large, Actual Size). I have tried every combination of these formats and sizes, and only in one case is the EXIF stripped - that is when HEIC files are uploaded at Actual Size. 

If Apple were intentionally stripping out EXIF data, then they are doing an awful job. It seems much more likely that this is just a bug. 

What makes this so painfully annoying is that by default iOS stores photos in HEIC, and by default it uploads them using Actual Size. This means that this bug affects basically everyone.

It would be nice to hear if there is any progress being made on this bug.

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