Public-health permit photos of a kitchen were clearly screenshots, with status bar and app chrome visible. What does the file's EXIF describe?
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Short Explanation
A screenshot is a photo of a photo. The EXIF talks about the phone that captured the screen, not the camera hanging over the grill. Status-bar chrome is your clue you are reading the wrong camera's diary.
Full Explanation
Metadata describes the file that was written, which for a screenshot is the device and app that captured the display. It does not reconstruct the original kitchen camera's GPS, time, or make. Visual chrome (status bar, UI) is a cue to treat EXIF as screenshot provenance. Analysts should still use reverse image and scene content, and should not report screenshot tags as the inspection camera's facts.