OSINT At Home #2 - Five ways to find EXIF/metadata in a photo or video

This tutorial is part 2 of the OSINT At Home series. It covers five ways to find the metadata/exifdata in an image or video.
Metadata is the key of clues when it comes to images, videos, documents or any other file type for that matter. This day and age, it is increasingly rare to come across a full packet of metadata. But in case there is a wide spread of information such as who created it, where it was made and when it was made, it’s good to know some basic ways to check for that attached information.
This tutorial does not cover the full extent of how to look up exif and metadata, but if you’re new to the topic, it will hopefully help.
NOTE: Don’t forget the disclaimer I put at the end of this video, that metadata is able to be manipulated, so it is good to cross-reference that information with other information from alternative sources to make sure it is verified and valid.
The OSINT At Home series is useful for those looking to find digital breadcrumbs and pick up some methods of open source intelligence (OSINT), digital investigations and good old plain research. No matter who you are, or where you are in the world, you can follow these tutorials from home with publicly available information to answer questions such as who, what, where and when.
TOOLS MENTIONED
PROPERTIES/INSPECTOR: MAC: Tools - Inspector. WINDOWS: Properties - Details
JEFFREY’S IMAGE METADATA VIEWER: exif.regex.info/exif.cgi
KZbin METADATA VIEWER: mattw.io/youtube-metadata/
EXIF VIEWER PRO: exifviewers.com/
EXIFTOOL: exiftool.org/
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[@thenext5832]

Jeffrey's Exif Viewer is unavailable at the moment.

[@SilverHorseMediaBackupAcct]

Still down at the end of May, 2024. Wish there was a strong alternative available.

[@shawnmendrek3544]

@@SilverHorseMediaBackupAcct There is other EXIF viewers online, just search for online EXIF viewers.

[@shawnmendrek3544]

EXIF Data is a good one, I used before, still powerful. Also online EXIF viewer.

[@siphyshu2690]

Just discovered this playlist, and i'm loving it! Thanks for the quality content ben! ❤️

[@Bendobrown]

You a very welcome 🙏 I’m glad you are enjoying it!

[@NEETASPIRANT153]

@@Bendobrown Likewise. Unbelievable content.

[@davidmarcus9871]

Good video, thanks Ben. Cross referencing; always part of a solid investigation.

[@arcfyre913]

Thank you for this expose on skills and tools. Very nice!

[@Bendobrown]

Thank you!

[@geosaiofficial1070]

Such a valuable source to learn OSINT. Thank you!

[@Bendobrown]

Glad it was helpful!

[@usernamemykel]

Another AWESOME tutorial.

[@Bendobrown]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@diogorodrigues9205]

Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer website is donw. Is down or changed the link? Or any other substitute.

[@sursaaaaa]

very nice bro! thank you very much

[@jheimissantos8682]

i'm watching all the videos. It is help with my academic paper that is about OSINT and War Ukraine.

[@Bendobrown]

Amazing, please feel free to share any feedback via my email!

[@peacefulpleb]

Great stuff Ben.

[@Bendobrown]

Cheers!

[@Maspfc]

Hi thanks alots. Please what of the video on my phone?. I wanted to see the location and date/time it was taken. Glad hearing from you 🙏

[@HarrisonBorbarrison]

Thanks for explaining this

[@Bendobrown]

Thank you 🙏

[@jfmezei]

In your investigations, how often do you stumble on usable EXIF data in images, and how do you verify it hasn't been tamperered with?

[@Bendobrown]

Very rarely. I only come across it when looking at personal sites or onion-link content.

[@ymkim142]

I decide to subscribe you! Thank you!

[@Bendobrown]

Thanks for subbing!

[@Crystal-fg4bb]

Hello! I just stumbled across this video when doing research about metadata. Great information. You're straight to the point. Do you have any videos in regards to how to delete metadata? I do a little bit of photographer but I'd prefer not to have so much exif data with my photos when posting online. Any recomendations of software to use?

[@abdullahbaloch2140]

Before sending any pic to anyone take a screenshot and then send the screenshot if u do that there will be no meta data

[@APB9002]

On social media, metadata are deleted automatically. On other websites, just screenshot it or look for "metadata remover" on Google, there are plenty of third-party websites doing it for free.

[@repairstudio4940]

Nice ...liked and subbed and looking forward to your new vids!

[@Bendobrown]

Thanks for the sub!

[@repairstudio4940]

@@Bendobrown of course 🤘😎

[@CaseyKCRichards]

Jeff,not any of my phots are giving locations. Any idea of what to do.

[@frikosimon]

this channel deserve better

[@Bendobrown]

Cheers. It's only new, and I've been deep in the cave gathering a lot more content to run through over the rest of the year.

[@avtarsingh7269]

Immmmmpresive work ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ What how can we find exif data from photo that is taken by mobile camera .

[@marilyncittadini528]

Thanks a lot for the very useful tutorial ! if the video was posted on Facebook, how are you able to find EXIF/metadata ? it cannot be ran through the KZbin Metadata tool, so any other way we can find these information when the video is posted on social media? Thanks again!

[@Bendobrown]

Thank you Marilyn! Facebook wipes EXIF upon upload to keep certain details private so sadly that won’t help. The best indicators are either upload time or what is available through the source code (right click view source). A couple of workarounds though - for the location, it can be done manually with geolocation the footage. For the time it’s good to cross reference it to other locations in the internet by running it through invid key frames and using reverse image search on those. I hope that helps!

[@marilyncittadini528]

@@Bendobrown Thank you very much for the prompt answer ! I am able to get to the source code but not sure what information I am supposed to look for in there ? As for the manual geolocation of the footage, is the answer to how to do this in your tutorial #4? Thanks again for your very useful work and responsiveness.

[@Bendobrown]

@@marilyncittadini528 For Facebook, as far as I am aware the only super relevant data is the user Id and the exact time of upload. And yes, video 4 covers the geolocation of any media that doesn’t have exact coordinates in the metadata (although those should be double checked). I’ll be uploading another method of identifying time soon.

[@shibshankarmajumdar4928]

The Jefry's website is not opening

[@UkdrillsXE1R]

Same

[@AusCelticsFan]

Hi Ben. Which browser are you using here for the plug-in to work? Thanks.

[@Bendobrown]

Hi Justin - I'm on Google Chrome on iOS.

[@IMAGINE-ni9rz]

Thanks a lot, really helped me, keep up the great work your doing. Good feedback from me❤!

[@Bendobrown]

Glad it helped!

[@co9067]

What about instagram posts? Thank you!

[@bernhardkoster2329]

Hi and thanks for the great contents you provide. Just one thing that I noticed as I wanted to try to see what EXIF data is on some of my pictures is that Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer is no longer available. Just wondering if you know that and if there is anything known why the page is not available anymore. Otherwise keep up the good work and I will now continue to watch the video to see what the other four pages are.😊 P.S. is there any chance you could delve further in to available tools that will work on an Android system (and on any Apple MacBooks etc. but I am an Android user hence my interest is more on that OS😊). I do have a Windows 10 Laptop but I have not used that for almost a year now as I started to do all my photography work and some video via my Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus and my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra using the DEX function on the S21.

[@AlfaTheRaccoon]

WE DOXXING OUR OPPS WITH THIS ONE

[@shawnmendrek3544]

Fun fact, you can strip the data or spoof it in* your images, I presume for the videos too. Privacy is important. Though one day it might save your life not to. After being doxed, I started to utilize this.

[@GreenBohne]

Can someone help me do this with a Microsoft PC?

[@UkdrillsXE1R]

The Jeffry website is down

[@seaturtle69807]

nice video really very useful

[@Bendobrown]

Thanks a lot

[@sagetajr]

i tried this but its not showing gps coordinates

[@Bendobrown]

Your image might not have any gps meta data with it

[@63MacGuy]

what about video clips

[@Bendobrown]

Videos also have meta. Right click on the file and view properties

[@DragonBlood-he8ul]

@@BendobrownHow to remove metadata?

[@hafizhalfiansyah6182]

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[@thepelican5074]

Can we get information from Instagram chat pictures.

[@Bendobrown]

No

[@migalito1955]

Interesting. What would take a well educated individual at likely a Masters level in Computer Science at minimum is available to anyone that is aware of the software that has been created for this purpose and who spends a bit of time learning how, like using a calculator, to utilize the provided software. When you review the past by viewing history this concept is nothing new. For without the likes of relatively a few such as those similar to Da Vinci during the Renissance many of the developed technologies that became available would have otherwise been unattainable by the rest. The whole concept kind of places a different perception on what is otherwise an ambiguous phrase where the phrase is: human achievement.

[@dumbstupidjarhead769]

Can you do a 2023 update on Windows please?