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Adobe Express: The Same Content Credentials as Firefly
Adobe Express uses the same Content Credentials (C2PA) infrastructure as Firefly and Photoshop. Here's what that means for quick social graphics.
A "browser-local" or "client-side" metadata tool processes your image using JavaScript running in your own browser tab — the file is read via the File API, redrawn onto an HTML <canvas> element, and re-exported, all without a network request. Because canvas only ever preserves pixel data, re-encoding through it strips every metadata field as an inherent side effect of how the technology works, not because the tool specifically detected and removed each one.
A tool that claims to process images "locally" or "privately" is a trust claim you can actually verify yourself: open your browser's network tab (developer tools) while using it, and watch whether any request containing your image data leaves your machine. For JPEG/PNG/WebP files on AiEraser specifically, none should.
Not every format can be handled this way. Browsers have no native HEIC decoder, so HEIC files require a brief server round-trip (see our HEIC remover page for exactly what that involves). Writing new EXIF fields also isn't possible through canvas alone — canvas can only strip, not add structured metadata — which is why real EXIF writing (our Edit mode) also needs a server step.
It doesn't mean the tool can't see your image at all while you're using it — JavaScript in your tab does read the file to process it. It means the file isn't transmitted elsewhere. This is a meaningful but specific privacy property, not a blanket guarantee about every feature a tool offers.
Curious what your own photos are carrying? Check and clean them right in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
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