Is It Safe to Post Photos Online?

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here i put them online to share.

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backlinks of HI 1:30PM September 06, 2012

Great suggestions. We are behind the scenes friends of lots of entertainers so we're always in everyone's pics that always show up (like it or not) on Facebook, whether we want them to or not. We have asked (repeatedly) to be taken down but we also do have our own online albums. Watermarking is an excellent idea. Thanks :)

Cindy of FL 10:26AM September 28, 2011

I don't post pictures of my kids online at all despite my friend list being strictly family and close friends. I figure if they want to see pix of my kids I'll give them a snapshot. Or just bring them to visit. I trust my family and friends but a lot of them are less selective of who is on their "friend" lists.

onepost of MD 10:13AM September 26, 2011

Is it safe to post photos online? Not entirely...the risk can't be entirely avoided, even using the techniques spoken about in this article. The hacker can pull your photos and if there are any that are questionable...you have a terrible, terrible problem. Ask the woman whose story ended up in a Boston Globe story about a man who pleaded guilty to "sextortion...." He had hacked a FB account and got his hands on nude photos she had posted—privately so only her her husband could see—and reposted them after trying to get something from her. The couple got divorced, and her reputation is tarnished from that; she can sue the person perhaps...what she'll get is problematic if he has no assets to get.
It's too easy to make a "mistake" that a person will pay for later, when it comes time to get a job, or a promotion. There is always the person who will make a quick judgment, without putting the photo in perspective, and who is looking for something malicious to latch onto.
A shame...especially when you consider the AT&T commercial of a person photographing a sleeping person in an airport terminal; the ad touts the convenience of their new phone with the FB switch. Your danger can come from the person who photographs you on the street, then posts your photo in FB, even with proper privacy settings.

Mark Murphy of MA 12:46PM August 14, 2011