Where to host photos the average joe won't be able to copy?

[anyusername]

I'm looking for a place that will make copying the picture I upload a bit more difficult for other people. You know, something that your uncle wouldn't figure out how to do.

Anyone knows a site like that?

 

[gaidensensei]

put a semi-opaque watermark in the middle of it.

I think flickr recently did an update where you can't right click, or get info/save image, but if you know how to read the source it circumvents it easily.

 

[Specop 007]

Wait, you want to share pictures that cant be shared? Makes sense to me.

Let me introduce you to this thing called the "Internet". Its like, public.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Water mark your photos.

Otherwise, don't put anything you don't want copied on the internet.

 

[rudder]

put a semi-opaque watermark in the middle of it.

Watermark is the only way. People can use the snipping tool and grab your pic. With a watermark at least it is not worth their time to clean up the pic.

 

[anyusername]

Wait, you want to share pictures that cant be shared? Makes sense to me.

Let me introduce you to this thing called the "Internet". Its like, public.

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

The concept, no I would say that is a side effect.

Off site backup is what you are stating.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

That's an online backup solution, not image hosting.

 

[Ns1]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

let me introduce you to the concept of online backups...

 

[Macamus Prime]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

So you want online storage, not hosting.

Well, at least you weren't being an asshole about i,... oh - nm.

 

[Theb]

This thread is only interesting to my because I actually have an uncle named Joe.

If he's the person you're worried about, relax, he has no idea how to copy pictures from web pages.

 

[Macamus Prime]

This thread is only interesting to my because I actually have an uncle named Joe.

If he's the person you're worried about, relax, he has no idea how to copy pictures from web pages.

Holy shit, I haven't LOL'ed in such a long time.

LOL!!!

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Flickr prevents right clicking. If you want backup then Dopbox is a simple solution.

 

[Fausto]

Flickr prevents right clicking. If you want backup then Dopbox is a simple solution.

This. Flickr allows about as much lockdown on images as is possible.

 

[IronWing]

Okay, now we're confused (that's the royal we, GA is never confused). If you simply want online backup where no one sees your files, that's easy. If you want people to see your images but not make copies of your images then forget it. It simply isn't possible. I have yet to encounter a website image that can't be grabbed with Alt-print screen. The watermark idea is probably the best approach and there is software for batch processing watermarks on to your images. There are methods to add watermarks on the fly using server scripts though they suck server resources.

 

[abaez]

I can right click on Flickr all day with Chrome...

 

[waggy]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

LOL

/facepalm

 

[Specop 007]

Let me introduce you the concept of online hosting: you use it so your shit doesn't get lost when your hard drive fails.

Yeah, that makes sense. It would be terrible if someone RAIDed your OFFSITE online photo collection because your (backup) hard drive failed.

 

[D1gger]

I'm looking for a place that will make copying the picture I upload a bit more difficult for other people. You know, something that your uncle wouldn't figure out how to do.

Anyone knows a site like that?

I use Skydrive and have all of my picture folders marked private so no one but me can see them. This gives me all the advantages of setting up photo albums and viewing the pictures online, and by setting the permission to me only (or a few family members for some albums), I don't worry about them being copied. 25GB of storage for free.

 

[Aluvus]

I can right click on Flickr all day with Chrome...

People can choose to disable it (not sure if it is account-based or album-based or what), and IIRC the image will then be turned into a background-image instead of a <IMG>. This is still easily defeated by Opera, but Opera (or Chrome) is not exactly what most people use...

 

[Wyndru]

Some of the flash gallery templates I have used on websites have options to prevent this (other than taking a screenshot), but I don't know any pages that use them specifically. Someone has to be using these templates though, not sure if any public uploading pages do or not.

When you right click you get this:

Of course, if you don't have flash, you don't see the gallery at all.

 

[pmv]

People can choose to disable it (not sure if it is account-based or album-based or what), and IIRC the image will then be turned into a background-image instead of a <IMG>. This is still easily defeated by Opera, but Opera (or Chrome) is not exactly what most people use...

Am I missing something, or isn't there a thing called a 'screenshot'? You know, that Prtscrn button above the insert key? Usually coupled with 'alt'. I suppose that is limited to the resolution of your display, but still, that's what I usually do whenever right-click is disabled.

And in any case, on-line backup is something else entirely - loads of ways to do it without making it publically accessible.

 

[Aluvus]

Am I missing something, or isn't there a thing called a 'screenshot'? You know, that Prtscrn button above the insert key? Usually coupled with 'alt'.

A surprising number of users do not know how to take screenshots.

I suppose that is limited to the resolution of your display, but still, that's what I usually do whenever right-click is disabled.

Opera can store preferences for specific sites, including whether to allow scripts to intercept right-clicks. I just disable that and reload the page. Easy and permanent solution.

And in any case, on-line backup is something else entirely - loads of ways to do it without making it publically accessible.

Yeah, not sure the OP's original question is really aligned to what he needs.

 

[911paramedic]

This. Flickr allows about as much lockdown on images as is possible.

I can print screen all day long on Flickr. :ninja:

 

[xanis]

I can print screen all day long on Flickr. :ninja:

If I know the kind of people that the OP is talking about (I think we all do), print screen isn't much of a threat.