The government looks at the file's properties, identifies who you are and forces you to deny everything about extortion, or even erases you so you don't reveal everything you know.Imagine that you build a top secret document about the government of Abakatistan (a fictitious country) revealing the existence of aliens, with various evidence attached, such as photographs, audio, videos, among many others, all true and irrefutable. For most users they don't mean anything, but for others it can be the difference between life and death. Metadata is information incorporated into the file, informing relevant data such as creator, creation date, type of camera used, software used, etc. That's why security-conscious people tend to delete these records, and that's what you'll learn here. Of course, for most people, this information doesn't matter much, but this information can be used by criminals, dictatorial governments and even stalkers to track you down and disrupt your life. Okay, you probably think it's weird that I worry about this, but let's get to the facts: if you take a picture with your cell phone, it will record various data attached to the picture, such as the date it was taken, the cell's MAC, between other information.
