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Glossary: Logs and Data Sources for Investigations

EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format)

Also written: EXIF data, image metadata

Metadata that cameras store inside photos, such as camera model, time taken and often GPS location. It showed that Bloom Café's photo was taken in Portland, not Seattle.

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ExifToolGPS (Global Positioning System)Metadata