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3 months ago So why is this?
name and metadata are removed on purpose by default for privacy reasons - to protect unaware users from revealing their position, the time of the photo etc. unexpectedly.
moreover, the image is recoded by default to save traffic and storage.
Can it be changed to: use the original filename for sending?!
yes. you can bypass these defaults by attaching images as "File", which leaves name, metadata and image data untouched (for technical reasons, this sometimes adds a suffix to the filename, however, this will be improved with one of the next releases, see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/pull/4555, so that really the original name is used)
you're welcome to discuss things further or open feature requests at https://support.delta.chat - currently, here is no actionable item left
I realized today that when i sent pics from ds (Android) to another ds (PC) and store it to local storage there, the filename changed to worse (the ds sending datetime). This is a nogo if you depend on the original filenames for legal reasons!
So why is this? Why must it be this way? Can it be changed to: use the original filename for sending?!
it clearly can be seen that the picture cant be taken at 12:45 , its from 21:30 from another day.