Week in OSINT #2022- 21 - sector035 - Exif Viewers Since Jef | OSIntOps News

Week in OSINT #2022- 21 - sector035 - Exif Viewers

Since Jeffrey's Exif Viewer has been offline for some time, some people needed to go look for other solutions. On Twitter Kirby Plessas asked for some tips, and got some helpful replies, especially looking for solutions when you aren't able to install any local software, like Phil Harvey's ExifTool. Even tho it's probably the best local tool out there, there are some other possibilities.

Extensions and Add-ons

InVID/WeVerify: Chrome extension
EXIF Viewer Pro: Chrome extension
Exif Viewer: Firefox add-on

Online Solutions

Exifdata.com (Tip!)
CyberChef recipe (bit buggy, doesn't always work)
Forensically (use the 'Meta Data' option)

There are of course multiple extensions, add-ons or websites, but I simply can't add them all here. Do be weary that some browser extensions only show some basic information (like Exif Viewer Classic), unless you specify the exact fields you want to view.

A small word of warning, since I want to stress that you should always be careful using third party tools. Especially when you're trying to find metadata inside images, that may not be indexed by a search engine, or are somewhat sensitive. Because you don't know whether the other party saves them, or process them in some way you don't want to. In that case, I'd strongly recommend saving or emailing the images for later examination via a local tool.