"Google Photos Vulnerability Could Have Let Hackers Retrieve Image Metadata"

A flaw in the web version of Google Photos could have enabled hackers to track a user's location history. Through the exploitation of this flaw, attackers could have retrieved metadata from images stored in a user's Google Photos account to find out when and where that user has visited a specific location. This attack is considered to be a browser side-channel leak. This article continues to discuss the attack that could have been performed through the abuse of the flaw in Google Photos and other services that are vulnerable to such attacks. 

ZDNet reports "Google Photos Vulnerability Could Have Let Hackers Retrieve Image Metadata"