1316026 - Consider metadata warning upon file upload

Status: NEW

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, enhancement)

Description

[Jonathan Kingston [:jkt] he/him]

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Users often overshare data they didn't expect to be embedded within a file and then are then often suprised to find others could discover their location from a profile picture. It's often up to the site to strip this data, providing an ability to strip by default would prevent this.

When I upload a file to Firefox I would like the browser to allow me to opt into sharing meta data of the file.

As a default I would prefer the browser to remove all metadata such as location, fstop, device name etc.

When the user picks the file, the upload field could have a doorhanger to share data, see the attached mockup. The mockup picks 3 categories of data: location, image processing, device type then shows an example value (which would likely mean more to the user than the meta data names).

Also showing a preview of the file would reduce the possibility of uploading wrong files.

For off page uploading a default muted notification could come from the site identity (I'm making the assumption most users don't want to share and would prefer the aditional action if choosing to share).

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Too late for firefox 52, mass-wontfix.