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- by robbtuck July 11, 2008 1:47 PM PDT
- So...what's the problem with Flickr's security? Any particulars, or just vague assertions?
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- by saintseminole July 11, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
- Well, for one thing, many third-party apps that use the Flickr API can easily get larger, hi-res versions of "protected" photos. I don't know how many times I've found versions of my own pictures posted somewhere else -- not just screen shots but actual hi-res versions.
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- by ghaff July 14, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
- More broadly, you also have a whole class of ad-supported sites that use the APIs to populate themselves with Flickr content. But my basic point was that it's generally hard to simultaneously promote and enable widespread sharing on the one hand and minimize content misuse on the other. We can debate specific issues but there are broad tradeoffs as well.
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(3 Comments)Also, the "protection" for the screen-sized photo is a "spaceball.gif" that acts as a transparent cover. With AdBlock, you just block the gif file and then the underlying photo is easily available once more.