So I was looking for information on how long Twitpic hosts photos, and I came across this rather disturbing article about how much EXIF data is stored in images online. These people culled 15,291 images from Twitpic and got all kinds of information from them, especially photos taken by iPhones.

The iPhone is including the most EXIF information among the images we found…. It not only includes the phone’s location, but also accelerometer data showing if the phone was moved at the time the picture was taken and the readout from the build[sic] in compass showing in which direction the phone was pointed at the time.

In his secret lair under 1 Infinite Loop Steve Jobs broods before his minions, contemplating world domination.¹

1. Yes of course he’s an evil genius. He’s a bald man who wears black turtlenecks, so he’s that or a celebrated artist of the avant-garde. [↩]