OH Members and OH Staff - Securing Your Photos!!!
The rule of thumb is to not post anything you don't want everyone to see, privacy on the Internet is non-existent. I work as a web developer and there are ways to get around all our tricks to hide HTML code and file paths.
If you really want to be see an eye-opener, go to Google maps, enter your address and see if you get a "Street View" option when it finds your address. There's a good chance that it will be there and it's a street view picture of your house. Luckily, we're out in the boonies and anyone roaming around our private roads snapping pictures will be greeted by some very angry residents.
So, if you think you have privacy on the Internet, think again.
If you really want to be see an eye-opener, go to Google maps, enter your address and see if you get a "Street View" option when it finds your address. There's a good chance that it will be there and it's a street view picture of your house. Luckily, we're out in the boonies and anyone roaming around our private roads snapping pictures will be greeted by some very angry residents.
So, if you think you have privacy on the Internet, think again.
I am sure what I am going to say is a repeat....But going to say it anyway.
People put pictures on the web - be it on sites like OH, Facebook, etc. and think that those pictures still remain "their" property - does not work that way. And I promise you that a site may say that your picture can not be saved or copied, but the reality is that it can be. I also compare the postings of pictures on the Internet being similar to if I CHOSE to run down my street naked and my neighbor took a picture and posted it on the Internet. People have to realize that posting pictures on the Internet by choice comes w/ innate risks - if you are not willing to take those risks - then don't post the pics....Pretty simple.
While I would love to see it possible that weirdo's could not copy and past pics, etc. - it is not going to happen.
People put pictures on the web - be it on sites like OH, Facebook, etc. and think that those pictures still remain "their" property - does not work that way. And I promise you that a site may say that your picture can not be saved or copied, but the reality is that it can be. I also compare the postings of pictures on the Internet being similar to if I CHOSE to run down my street naked and my neighbor took a picture and posted it on the Internet. People have to realize that posting pictures on the Internet by choice comes w/ innate risks - if you are not willing to take those risks - then don't post the pics....Pretty simple.
While I would love to see it possible that weirdo's could not copy and past pics, etc. - it is not going to happen.
Even if they could do this, it never works. It's just as easy to take a screen shot in windows without any extra software and just cut the picture out that way. I am sorry this has happened to people but a) it is a risk you take putting ANY information on the internet and b) there is no good way to protect things like this after all it is just a bunch of 1's and 0's.
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