.TH METADATA "1" "January 2013" "Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit" "User Commands"

.SH NAME
MAT \- Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit


.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mat
[\fIoptions\fR] \fIfiles\fR
.TP
.B mat-gui


.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBMetadata Anonymisation Toolkit\fR is a lib (with a CLI and a GUI)
created to anonymise file's \fBmetadata\fR. In essence, metadata answer who,
what, when, where, why, and how about every face of the data that are being
documented. They can be a \fBrisk for privacy\fR.


.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-add2archive\fR
Add to outputed archive non\-supported filetypes
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-backup\fR
Keep a backup copy
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR
Check if a file is free of harmful metadatas
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-display\fR
List all the harmful meta of a file without removing them
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
List all supported fileformat
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-low-pdf-quality\fR
Reduced the produced PDF size and quality
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Display version and exit


.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
\fBmat \-\-display\fR mydocument.pdf
Display the mydocument.pdf's harmful metadata
.TP
\fBmat \-\-check *.jpg\fR
Check all the jpg images from the current folder


.SH NOTES
MAT \fBonly process metadata\fR, it does \fBnot\fR handle file data.
Blame yourself if you are traced back because of the data of your files.
MAT is not perfect: In most of the cases, a forensic expert with a lot
of time \fBcan trace back\fR your document.
If you want absolute privacy, use plain-text.


.SH AUTHOR
Julien (\fBjvoisin\fR) Voisin <julien.voisin@dustri.org>


.SH BUGS
MAT does not handle watermaking/tattoos for now.
The \-\-low\-pdf\-quality option may produce heavier PDF for very small files.
You should only use it for big files.


.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBexiftool\fR(1)