(keitai-l) Re: Mobile Scan Codes and Direct vs. Indirect Resolution -- what's possible now?

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 02/20/08
Message-ID: <20080220043920.GF20086@lucky.cynic.net>
On 2008-02-19 22:59 +0000 (Tue), Nik Frengle wrote:

> Also, you asked how you would know what phone sent each picture:
> Really easily: Photos store metadata of the device that created them,
> the shutter speed, and some other things. Just read that metadata
> (there is a name for it that isn't coming to mind at the moment) and
> voila! You have your device information.

It's called EXIF data. Unfortunately, I think he was asking not which
model of phone took the photo (which would be in the EXIF data), but
which particular user took it, which is not likely to be there.

cjs
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Received on Wed Feb 20 06:39:25 2008