the release of the utility , designed to remove metadata from files in various formats. The program addresses the issue of residual data remaining in documents and multimedia files, which may be perceived as undesirable for disclosure. For example, photographs may retain data about location, time of the shot, and the device used, edited images may contain information about the operating system type and the programs used for processing, while office documents and PDF files may hold details about the author and company. The project's code is written in Python and licensed under LGPLv3. The project provides a library for metadata cleaning, a command-line utility, and a set of plugins for integration with the file managers GNOME Nautilus and KDE Dolphin.
In the new version:
- Added support for SVG and PPM formats;
- Ensured integration with the Dolphin file manager;
- Enhanced support for processing metadata in PPT and ODT files, as well as in MS Office formats;
- Implemented compatibility with Python 3.8;
- Added a launch mode without sandbox isolation (by default, the program is isolated from the rest of the system using );
- Ensured that original permissions are transferred to the resulting files and added an in-place cleaning mode (without creating a new file);
- Work has been done to improve the performance of image and video processing.
Source: opennet.ru
