PSA: your private photos on LJ aren't private!erasorhedMay 25 2004, 23:26:52 UTC
I just found you randomly, sorry to barge in, but I thought you would probably like to know that there are websites out there (called "LJ Images" - you can find them on Google.com) that can extract any photos that are linked to in LJ, and post them publicly on their sites. It doesn't matter if your photos are in "friends only" or "private" posts, and it can even parse text links to images. I figured that you would want to know this, since I'm sure your account is "friends only" for a reason. A good way to keep those websites from extracting your photos would be to mangle the text of your links (with spaces or symbols or something) so that the image cannot be displayed until the spaces or symbols are removed manually.
Anyway, sorry to barge in on your LJ, I'm just a fellow LJer trying to help out & look out for your best interests. :) Take care. :) -Rebecca
Megan, this is too funny. I was looking through the uci community and saw that you were in 101 something. So I clicked on your journal and apparently we're roommates! Hope to talk to you soon!
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I figured that you would want to know this, since I'm sure your account is "friends only" for a reason. A good way to keep those websites from extracting your photos would be to mangle the text of your links (with spaces or symbols or something) so that the image cannot be displayed until the spaces or symbols are removed manually.
Anyway, sorry to barge in on your LJ, I'm just a fellow LJer trying to help out & look out for your best interests. :) Take care. :)
-Rebecca
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