Picture Security
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- tecktalkcm0391
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Picture Security
I was thinking about a way to make pictures "secure" in the fact that they won't be allowed to be downloaded. If you used a combination of socket_get_status() and headers() with the included pictures, you could make a file that gets the URL of the request. If its on the site allow it if not don't include it (disable hotlinking). Store all of the files in a non-internet folder. Use socket_get_status() to see if a download is going thought and if so stop it.
Would that all work or no?
Would that all work or no?
- tecktalkcm0391
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sorry I wasn't more clear...tecktalkcm0391 wrote:how do they download the image if you set it the image to no-cache.
let's say I go to a site and see a picture that I like, I can either:
1) use snagit or some similar program and just save it to my machine or
2) take a screenshot and save it to my machine
in either case, once I hit the site, and am viewing the image, it's on my machine
edit: wow! two posts while I went to go and brush my teeth
you get the idea though.
- tecktalkcm0391
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Well right now I am looking at: http://www.htmlblock.co.uk/ and there program that works with blocking screenshots, but I haven't tried it against other programs, I am going to go try snagit now... bbl
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http://www.artistscope.com/copysafe/demos.html <--- You have to download a plugin, but it will block everything that trys to take a screenshot.
I think you can't even see the image without the plugin, but even then, asking your visitors to install a plugin to view pictures is crazy (imo)..Weirdan wrote:Plugin? Why would I download and install something that deliberately limits what I can do to a data on my computer?
Pushing that aside though, I'm pretty confident I could still get a screen shot.
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