strip_image_metadata

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Reads a JPEG or PNG's hidden metadata (JPEG: EXIF — camera make/model, lens, body/lens serial numbers, capture date, GPS coordinates and altitude — plus XMP, IPTC/Photoshop resources and comment segments; PNG: tEXt/iTXt/zTXt/eXIf/tIME chunks) and returns a structured report of exactly what it found, including the size of every metadata segment/chunk that was removed. Optionally (include_cleaned_image, default true) also returns the same image with those segments/chunks stripped at the byte level: no re-encoding and no pixel decode, so the compressed image data, ICC profile, and JFIF/PNG structure are copied unchanged. It runs a byte-for-byte self-check that the retained image data is actually unchanged before handing back a cleaned file — if that check fails, no cleaned file is returned even though the report is still produced. Only JPEG and PNG signatures are recognized (not TIFF or other formats); stripping a photo's EXIF Orientation tag can make it appear rotated, which the report flags.