This is vice we're talking about. That would be welcome publicity to them.
I'm just glad (yea, i'm rooting for McAfee) McAfee seems to be aware of the situation. Whether or not he's bluffing about the exif data being edited, at least he knows this is out there.
True, still, careless on Vice's behalf none the less.
You'd think Vice would have some interest in protecting sources, I can remember them trying to pass for 'journalism' at least a few times.
Why doesnt Vice's website CMS strip exif data from public facing images? Seems stupid. Sites like Imgur.com get this right.
Striping all exif data is maybe a little extreme, but striping most might not be that bad (i.e. create a white list of tags, things like rotation, etc). That said, in a case like this, it would make more sense to strip it all (maybe replace it with a copyright notice or something).
I'm just glad (yea, i'm rooting for McAfee) McAfee seems to be aware of the situation. Whether or not he's bluffing about the exif data being edited, at least he knows this is out there.