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Smileyjones
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4 days ago

Files in shared links show my exact location, why?

I use drop box for a number of things. I just had someone who has been with me for a while with my drop box tell me he got an exact location from my drop box.  he sent me a picture of my exact ...
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Rich
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4 days ago
Smileyjones wrote:

I just had someone who has been with me for a while with my drop box tell me he got an exact location from my drop box.

Are you referring to the location data that's embedded in a photo? If so, that's your phone or camera that does that, not Dropbox. It's part of the EXIF data stored in photos and is a feature of any modern digital camera.

If you don't want the image location information included when sharing your files, you'll need to edit it out before you share them.

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