diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index 04ed6812..39c23c6f 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@
                                
 	$config['thumb_method'] = 'gd';
 	
+	// Strip EXIF metadata from JPEG files
+	$config['strip_exif'] = false;
+	
 	// Regular expression to check for IE MIME type detection XSS exploit. To disable, comment the line out
 	// https://github.com/savetheinternet/Tinyboard/issues/20
 	$config['ie_mime_type_detection'] = '/<(?:body|head|html|img|plaintext|pre|script|table|title|a href|channel|scriptlet)/i';
diff --git a/inc/image.php b/inc/image.php
index 8c9e380e..7aea9bfe 100644
--- a/inc/image.php
+++ b/inc/image.php
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class ImageImagick extends ImageBase {
 		}
 	}
 	public function to($src) {
+		if ($config['strip_exif']) {
+			$this->image->stripImage();
+		}
 		if (preg_match('/\.gif$/i', $src))
 			$this->image->writeImages($src, true);
 		else
@@ -245,9 +248,14 @@ class ImageConvert extends ImageBase {
 		}
 	}
 	public function to($src) {
+		global $config;
+		
 		if (!$this->temp) {
-			// $config['redraw_image']
-			shell_exec('convert ' . escapeshellarg($this->src) . ' ' . escapeshellarg($src));
+			if ($config['strip_exif']) {
+				shell_exec('convert ' . escapeshellarg($this->src) . ' -strip ' . escapeshellarg($src));
+			} else {
+				shell_exec('convert ' . escapeshellarg($this->src) . ' ' . escapeshellarg($src));
+			}
 		} else {
 			rename($this->temp, $src);
 			chmod($src, 0664);
diff --git a/js/hide-threads.js b/js/hide-threads.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..135fbf51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/hide-threads.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * hide-threads.js
+ * https://github.com/savetheinternet/Tinyboard/blob/master/js/hide-threads.js
+ *
+ * Released under the MIT license
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Michael Save <savetheinternet@tinyboard.org>
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   $config['additional_javascript'][] = 'js/jquery.min.js';
+ *   $config['additional_javascript'][] = 'js/hide-threads.js';
+ *
+ */
+
+$(document).ready(function(){
+	if($('div.banner').length != 0)
+		return; // not index
+	
+	var board = $('form input[name="board"]').val().toString();
+	
+	if (!localStorage.hiddenthreads)
+		localStorage.hiddenthreads = '{}';
+	
+	// Load data from HTML5 localStorage
+	var hidden_data = JSON.parse(localStorage.hiddenthreads);
+	
+	var store_data = function() {
+		localStorage.hiddenthreads = JSON.stringify(hidden_data);
+	};
+	
+	// Delete old hidden threads (7+ days old)
+	for (var key in hidden_data) {
+		for (var id in hidden_data[key]) {
+			if (hidden_data[key][id] < Math.round(Date.now() / 1000) - 60 * 60 * 24 * 7) {
+				delete hidden_data[key][id];
+				store_data();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	if (!hidden_data[board]) {
+		hidden_data[board] = {}; // id : timestamp
+	}
+	
+	$('div.post.op').each(function() {
+		var id = $(this).children('p.intro').children('a.post_no:eq(1)').text();
+		var thread_container = $(this).parent();
+		$('<a class="hide-thread-link" style="float:left;margin-right:5px" href="javascript:void(0)">[-]</a><span> </span>')
+			.insertBefore(thread_container.find('p.fileinfo:first'))
+			.click(function() {
+				hidden_data[board][id] = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000);
+				store_data();
+				
+				thread_container.find('div.post,img,p.fileinfo,a.hide-thread-link,br').hide();
+				
+				var hidden_div = thread_container.find('div.post.op > p.intro').clone();
+				hidden_div.addClass('thread-hidden');
+				hidden_div.find('a[href],input').remove();
+				
+				$('<a class="unhide-thread-link" style="float:left;margin-right:5px" href="javascript:void(0)">[+]</a><span> </span>')
+					.insertAfter(thread_container.find('a.hide-thread-link'))
+					.click(function() {
+						delete hidden_data[board][id];
+						store_data();
+						thread_container.find('div.post,img,p.fileinfo,a.hide-thread-link,br').show();
+						$(this).remove();
+						hidden_div.remove();
+					});
+				
+				hidden_div.insertAfter(thread_container.find('p.fileinfo:first'));
+			});
+		if (hidden_data[board][id])
+			thread_container.find('.hide-thread-link').click();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 91d5a2f5..aa7b665f 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -422,10 +422,11 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 				error($config['error']['maxsize']);
 			}
 			
-			// The following code corrects the image orientation based on EXIF.
-			// Currently only works with the 'convert' option selected but it could easily be expanded to work with the rest if you can be bothered.
-			if ($config['thumb_method'] == 'convert') {
-				if ($post['extension'] == 'jpg' || $post['extension'] == 'jpeg') {
+			
+			if ($post['extension'] == 'jpg' || $post['extension'] == 'jpeg') {
+				// The following code corrects the image orientation.
+				// Currently only works with the 'convert' option selected but it could easily be expanded to work with the rest if you can be bothered.
+				if ($config['thumb_method'] == 'convert') {
 					$exif = exif_read_data($upload);
 					if (isset($exif['Orientation']) && $exif['Orientation'] != 1) {
 						shell_exec('convert ' . escapeshellarg($upload) . ' -auto-orient ' . escapeshellarg($upload));							
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
 				$thumb->_destroy();
 			}
 			
-			if ($config['redraw_image']) {
+			if ($config['redraw_image'] || ($config['strip_exif'] && ($post['extension'] == 'jpg' || $post['extension'] == 'jpeg'))) {
 				$image->to($post['file']);
 				$dont_copy_file = true;
 			}