From af15b27b35e6a87fcff4568dc4d7935ca92efbea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lockywolf Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 22:46:48 +0100 Subject: python/python3-mat2: Added (A metadata removal tool) Signed-off-by: bedlam Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- python/python3-mat2/README | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 python/python3-mat2/README (limited to 'python/python3-mat2/README') diff --git a/python/python3-mat2/README b/python/python3-mat2/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ddc53c7093 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/python3-mat2/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Metadata and privacy + +Metadata consist of information that characterizes data. Metadata are +used to provide documentation for data products. In essence, metadata +answer who, what, when, where, why, and how about every facet of the +data that are being documented. Metadata within a file can tell a lot +about you. Cameras record data about when a picture was taken and what +camera was used. Office documents like PDF or Office automatically +adds author and company information to documents and spreadsheets. +Maybe you don't want to disclose those information. + +This is precisely the job of mat2: getting rid, as much as possible, +of metadata. + +mat2 provides: + +a library called libmat2; +a command line tool called mat2, +a service menu for Dolphin, KDE's default file manager + +If you prefer a regular graphical user interface, you might be +interested in Metadata Cleaner +(https://metadatacleaner.romainvigier.fr/ , not on SBo), which is +using mat2 under the hood. + -- cgit v1.2.3