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      • G Offline
        guru
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        When you take a picture with any digital cam, this stores certain information in the JPEG meta data, for example the app of our BQ E4.5:

        $ jhead image20181009_001732756.jpg
        File name    : image20181009_001732756.jpg
        File size    : 2157761 bytes
        File date    : 2018:10:09 00:17:33
        Camera make  : bq
        Camera model : Aquaris E4.5
        Date/Time    : 2018:10:09 00:17:33
        Resolution   : 4352 x 2448
        Flash used   : Yes
        Focal length :  3.5mm
        Exposure time: 0.060 s  (1/17)
        Aperture     : f/2.4
        ISO equiv.   : 308
        Whitebalance : Auto
        Metering Mode: center weight
        JPEG Quality : 95
        

        When you now share this photo with the tg app, this information gets stripped away. here for example the result if one stores the sent photo locally again to some place:

        $ jhead 246938031_58142.jpeg
        File name    : 246938031_58142.jpeg
        File size    : 436605 bytes
        File date    : 2018:10:09 07:46:20
        Resolution   : 2560 x 1440
        JPEG Quality : 87
        

        Why is this? A bug?

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        • advocatuxA Offline
          advocatux @guru
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          @guru I think it's a privacy feature. All data that is not the basic info (file name, size, date, and resolution) is removed by default.

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            guru @advocatux
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            @advocatux said in tg app modifies the photos on send:

            @guru I think it's a privacy feature. All data that is not the basic info (file name, size, date, and resolution) is removed by default.

            This is not correct. Even file name, file size and the JPEG Quality are changed, i.e. the file is completely re-written, which explains why the meta data is absent. It does not explain why this is done when I say share photo. I'd expect that the file is shared 1:1.

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            • advocatuxA Offline
              advocatux @guru
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              @guru TG uses a different treatment for pictures when you send them "as a picture", and when you do it "as a file"

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              • flohackF Offline
                flohack
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                "As picture" is being uploaded 1:1 but the server then compresses it. 90% of todays pictures are not worth the high resolution, why I can understand Telegram guys that they want so save space in their cloud. The desktop App makes a difference, but unfortunately on the phone this feature was never implemented. Please file a feature request on the tracker, we might consider it for the new version.

                BR

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                  @flohack oh! (oops) πŸ˜„

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