Client-Side Metadata Removal Suite for Mixed-Media Workflows
Photographers, journalists, and legal teams strip metadata file-by-file with disjoint tools (ExifTool for photos, ffmpeg for video, qpdf for documents). MetaStrip bundles all of them in a browser app that never uploads bytes to a server, with batch operations and audit logs the IT department actually accepts.
Problem Statement
A photographer who ships a photo book uploads 800 RAW files plus 50 short videos and 30 PDFs to a publisher portal. Removing GPS, camera serial, copyright stamps, and editing history from each format takes hours and the workflow varies by file type. Online strippers exist for single formats but the multi-format batch case is missing.
The Idea
A browser-based metadata removal suite for photographers, journalists, and legal teams that processes mixed-media batches without ever uploading the files.
Why Now
EU AI Act and California privacy enforcement made source metadata in published files a quiet liability through 2025. Newsrooms and law firms now require a documented metadata-strip step before any external release. The HN Show for MetaStrip surfaced an under-served wedge: browser-based, mixed-format, with a paper trail.
Target User
Independent photographers, investigative journalists, legal e-discovery teams, and HR functions handling sensitive documents
Target Market
Privacy and compliance tooling for media-heavy industries: journalism, legal, photography, government communications
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