Exif Looter – A Comprehensive Guide To Managing Image Metadata

“Exif Looter” is a powerful tool designed for the extraction and management of metadata from images.

This guide provides a step-by-step approach to installing and utilizing Exif Looter, from analyzing individual images to processing entire directories.

Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional or a digital forensics enthusiast, this article will equip you with the skills to effectively manage and remove metadata from your digital media.

Getting Started
- Installation
Usage
- Analyze specific image
- Analyze specific directory
- Pipe with other tools
- Remove metadata from Images
- Get Open Street Map URL
Reports
Roadmap
Contributing
License
Contact

Getting Started

General information about setting up Exif Looter locally

Installation

go install github.com/aydinnyunus/exifLooter@latest

ExifLooter depends on exiftool, so make sure it is on your PATH.

On Kali Linux

sudo apt install exiflooter

Usage

Analyze Image

After you have install requirements , you can simply analyze the image via:

   $ exifLooter --image image.jpeg

Analyze Directory

If you want to specify directory use this command:

   $ exifLooter -d images/

Pipe

If you want to pipe with other tools use this command:

   $ cat urls | exifLooter -p
   $ cat urls | exifLooter --pipe
   $ cat subdomains | waybackurls | grep "jpeg\|png\|jiff\|jpg" >> urls; cat urls | exifLooter --pipe

Remove Metadata

Remove Metadata from Images

   $ exifLooter --remove --image image.jpeg
   $ exifLooter --remove --directory images/

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