The original post: /r/privacy by /u/AirPurifierQs on 2025-03-13 05:04:54.

I know the basics(i.e. what you can view by right clicking on the image.) But are there more advanced ways to track down additional metadata?

Reason I ask is, I am concerned I fell victim to a scammer. While I realized it was a scam before any true security breach occurred, I did at one point send them a screenshot from my device.

Primary reason for my concern is when I called them out on being a scammer, they became vaguely threatening. And while I know it’s probably just bluster, it’s still sent my anxiety through the roof.

Could they use the metadata to find my IP address, general location, etc. Is there anyway to know for sure whether that information was part of the image?

If it helps: I used the snipping tool to take a screenshot of a webpage I was viewing on my laptop and then sent it to the scammer via text(using a Google voice # on my end)

Any guidance is much appreciated.