Mineral Man warns them to lock their pix down - too late, homeboy

[BannedFromDU]

Star Member MineralMan (58,674 posts)

What's on Your Photo Storage Website?

Last edited Wed Nov 6, 2013, 09:29 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
A lot of Internet users, including many here on DU, store images on one of the many image storage sites around the web. They make it easy to hot-link images for posting here and there on websites, discussion forums, and elsewhere. I love those image storage sites, and use them myself a lot.

There's a side to them, though, that people should think about. A lot of people aren't aware that when you hot-link an image, a simple right click on the image lets you copy the URL of the image. Put that in your browser's URL field, and you can see the image at the actual storage site.

If that image storage site is not private, a little backspacing lets anyone see everything in your image storage. In some cases, it lets anyone get to the root directory of your individual storage space, and enables them to see all of your albums and folders. The result can be a serious intrusion on your privacy. So what's on your photo storage website is important for you to know. Is there stuff in there you'd rather wasn't public? Photos of your home, your family, identification information, or even embarrassing stuff?

If so, it can turn out to be a disaster, as it did for the young woman who stupidly dressed as a Boston Marathon victim for Halloween and then shared a photo of her "costume" on the Internet. She made a big mistake in her choice of costumes, but most of us make mistakes from time to time. Her "costume" went viral, and the inevitable happened. Almost instantly, someone used the technique I described above to get into her image store, where there were also nude photos of herself. So, the issue got compounded when those photos, as well, showed up on the Internet. They went viral, as well, and are now hosted all over the Internet. I'm sure she had no idea that might happen. Now, anyone who looks up her name on Google Images will see those photos, and she'll never be able to get rid of those photos.

If you use image storage websites, go look at the privacy status of your storage. If it's anything other than private, anything you store there will be visible to anyone who understands how those storage sites work. So, have a look at your images and make whatever decision about privacy you think is appropriate. It's important. Truly it is.

Ostensibly this is about that girl who posted a dumb picture and was found to have nekkidness out there. But...

Star Member MineralMan (58,674 posts)
12. One Other Cautionary Warning

Once in a while someone starts one of those "Post a photo of yourself" threads on DU. That's cool, and we all like to see who we're writing to, but that can backfire, as well.

There is a forum-type website out there that focuses on hating DU and DUers. It has a private forum, where some of its members collect personal information on DUers, and those members are fairly good at digging up personal information. Personal photos on DU are one of the sources they use most often to find out personal information, as well as using those photos on the public areas of that forum. Personally, I don't really care, but DUers should be aware that those personal photos may being used in a negative way elsewhere on the Internet.

Always being aware of privacy issues is your best protection. Think before you link.

     Nice try, slick. You people are so insistent on the world knowing that you play the guitar, or you have a parrot, or whatever, that you'll never, ever stop. In any case, the worst thing we've ever done with your pix is ridicule them. You guys rail on fat people, yet the bulk of you (no pun intended) are HEIFERS. In all fairness, a select few of your womenfolk are actually pretty good-looking.

[Carl]

I want to join this "hate DU" website with its private forum.

[Chris_]

We're so awful, Mineral Man has an account here. 

That's how scary we are.  Boo!

[txradioguy]

We're so awful, Mineral Man has an account here. 

That's how scary we are.  Boo!

  Hi 5

[Freeper]

I want to join this "hate DU" website with its private forum.

Put democrat underground dot com in your browser and you will see it.

[franksolich]

I want to join this "hate DU" website with its private forum.

Me too.

Anybody have a link to it?

[franksolich]

In all fairness, a select few of your womenfolk are actually pretty good-looking.

Uh, are we looking at the same pictures?

[Skul]

Uh, are we looking at the same pictures?

I was wondering the same thing. 
Perhaps BFD was drunk at the time.  Very, very, drunk. 

[BannedFromDU]

I was wondering the same thing. 
Perhaps BFD was drunk at the time.  Very, very, drunk. 

     A little encouragement goes a long way toward getting new players on the field. We know we'll be getting CalPeg pictures as long as the Joint Photographic Experts Group permits her image to be
captured on electronic or filmed media. We also know that as long as Taverner is horny or the other DUmmy dudes continue to pretend it's 1972 and they're in the Eagles, we'll see pics of them.
We need to complete our dossiers on the others.

     Didn't think I needed to explain that, but whatever.

[jukin]

There is a forum-type website out there that focuses on hating DU and DUers.

No hate here, just laughing at you DUchebags. I don't hate any of the animals at the zoo but Ii like to watch them in the natural state.

[Ptarmigan]

Star Member MineralMan (58,674 posts)
12. One Other Cautionary Warning

Once in a while someone starts one of those "Post a photo of yourself" threads on DU. That's cool, and we all like to see who we're writing to, but that can backfire, as well.

There is a forum-type website out there that focuses on hating DU and DUers. It has a private forum, where some of its members collect personal information on DUers, and those members are fairly good at digging up personal information. Personal photos on DU are one of the sources they use most often to find out personal information, as well as using those photos on the public areas of that forum. Personally, I don't really care, but DUers should be aware that those personal photos may being used in a negative way elsewhere on the Internet.

Always being aware of privacy issues is your best protection. Think before you link.

This is not a hate DU forum. We are laughing at your stupidity. God, they are such whiny complainers. 

[Dori]

Reading the DU is like an inoculation against liberalism.  I send people there all the time to see for themselves.

[GOBUCKS]

Uh, are we looking at the same pictures?

Sounds like a terminal case of aching seed.

[BadCat]

This is not a hate DU forum. We are laughing at your stupidity. God, they are such whiny complainers. 

I don't hate the DUmp.

I do hate the DUmmies.

[Ptarmigan]

I don't hate the DUmp.

I do hate the DUmmies.

These DUmmies are real something.

[BlueStateSaint]

I don't hate the DUmp.

I do hate the DUmmies.

I'm getting to the second one.

[BattleHymn]

It has a private forum, where some of its members collect personal information on DUers, and those members are fairly good at digging up personal information.

Loose lips sink ships. 

[BannedFromDU]

Sounds like a terminal case of aching seed.

     Well, that too. My seed aches just like any red-blooded man's would when nose-to-nose with that certain DUmmy.

[franksolich]

Loose lips sink ships. 

I'm not sure if the mineral oil primitive's referring to a certain closed forum here (closed to all but long-time members) or a secret private site elsewhere on the internet that has no connection with conservativecave.