The copy/paste feature is underused on iOS. These days if an app needs access to a photo, I try to determine whether the app uses the system photo picker (which doesn't need the app to have photos permission). If it doesn't I simply use the Photos app to copy a photo and then paste afterwards. A benefit is that you can strip location right from the Photos app. With third party apps like Metapho which can be invoked from the share sheet, you can even strip all metadata before copying.

Some apps like WeChat somehow insist on building on their photo picker and they get the copy/paste treatment.

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const_cast 5 days ago | parent [-]

Apple should really had a "strip metadata" option directly in the photos picker widget. It would work well with their privacy marketing.

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lights0123 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It does, and location and captions are stripped by default using the system picker. It's the switches icon in the bottom left.

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kccqzy 5 days ago | parent [-]

Doesn't strip all metadata, such as make/model, ISO, aperture etc.

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danielheath 5 days ago | parent [-]

No, but "photo taken on one of the most common phone models in existence" is not _especially_ identifying.

	▲	kccqzy 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I don't want people to know the precise date time of taking the photo. I don't want people to know whether I'm frugal and staying on iPhone 12 or I splurged and upgraded to iPhone 16 Pro. I don't want people to know the version of iOS I was running. I don't want people to know the name of the software that I used to adjust the curves and white balance.

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ghostpepper 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

FWIW I have a free app installed called iVerify that mostly just reminds me when a new iOS is released but recently I noticed they added a "Strip metadata from photo" feature to the sharing tray, so you can pipe a photo through it and then copy to another app.

	▲	47thpresident 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Is this only on iVerify EDR? I can’t seem to find it on the up-to-date basic version.