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Instead of "stripping" EXIF data, think of it as making a copy that doesn't include it.

My various image manipulation programs do that by default when writing JPG output files.  This may have changed, but it used to be that JPG files didn't have provisions for meta-data, and I haven't updated the JPG writing software for a long time.

The image files that come directly from a camera are usually TIFF or some proprietary variant of that.  Those can have many different types of meta-data, in addition to arbitrary comments.  Since you're going to post-process these files anyway to create the final pictures you show others, just make sure to export those with no meta-data.  You also often want to shrink the resolution from the raw camera images.

My <tt>image_copy</tt>, <tt>image_resize</tt>, <tt>image_filter</tt> programs and others can be used to create JPG copies with no meta-data.  Since they are command line programs, they can be easily run from scripts.

Go to http://www.embedinc.com/pic/dload.htm and install the Full Runtime release.  All my image manipulation programs are included in that release.  Follow the cookie crumbs on that page to find the documentation, and directions on how to get the source code and re-build them if you're so inclined.  All the source is open and available on GitHub.