Add Metadata Removal section - #1031
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This adds a Metadata Removal section. The list covers many categories, but has no entry for cleaning metadata out of the files people actually share — one of the most common practical privacy actions (EXIF GPS positions, camera serial numbers, author names inside Office documents and PDFs).
The section anchors on the three established open source tools — ExifCleaner, ExifTool, mat2 — and adds QuietMeta.
Disclosure: I am the founder of QuietMeta. It is proprietary, and I have marked it as such in the entry — I understand this weighs against it under your guidelines. What it adds over the open source entries: C2PA Content Credentials validation, Office document cleaning, PDF metadata removal in both of its locations (/Info and XMP), and the cleaned file re-read after every clean to prove what disappeared. The site states explicitly which processing is server-side and which runs in the browser, and says plainly what cannot be measured.
If QuietMeta does not meet the bar, the three open source entries stand on their own — I am happy to drop mine and keep the section.