That PNG has a 3325 byte IDAT chunk, and a 106022 iCCP chunk. The metadata is 3188% bigger than the image itself.
Personally, I think websites should strip metadata from thumbnails and resized images, but should also let you download the original, unmodified image, complete with original filename. Why?
Instagram and others always recompress and strip metadata when you submit an image. This results in shitpics-- images so mangled by recompression that they look like visual gravel: https://theawl.com/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic-e25d8e... This is a complete own goal, there's no technical reason this has to happen. Digital files aren't supposed to decay!
That PNG has a 3325 byte IDAT chunk, and a 106022 iCCP chunk. The metadata is 3188% bigger than the image itself.
Personally, I think websites should strip metadata from thumbnails and resized images, but should also let you download the original, unmodified image, complete with original filename. Why?
Instagram and others always recompress and strip metadata when you submit an image. This results in shitpics-- images so mangled by recompression that they look like visual gravel: https://theawl.com/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic-e25d8e... This is a complete own goal, there's no technical reason this has to happen. Digital files aren't supposed to decay!
And, of course, stripping authorship tags would make the dream of automated attribution impossible: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/08/15/attribution-on-the-web/