pictures on the net

mvw356 · #1 10-20-2008, 01:17 PM

just wondering if anyone knows of a hostsite that allows for pictures/ movies to not be copied? i'd like to show someone some stuff, but i don't want that person to have the pictures or the movie. (no it's not about porn)

gold_member_321 · #2 10-20-2008, 01:21 PM

Just make a private photobucket account so whenever someone tries to access your folders it asks for a password.

MatticusMania · #3 10-20-2008, 01:22 PM

Just send them the images with timecoded instructions to delete themselves after 30 minutes.

mvw356 · #4 10-20-2008, 01:23 PM

i'm aware of that option on photbucket, but you can still copy and paste the picture afaik.

mvw356 · #5 10-20-2008, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Just send them the images with timecoded instructions to delete themselves after 30 minutes.

how does that work? sounds exactly like what i want.

MatticusMania · #6 10-20-2008, 01:27 PM

Sorry, Im laughing now, not at you, but at my own stupidity. I dont know if something like that even exists, but it sure sounds like a good answer eh?

mvw356 · #7 10-20-2008, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Sorry, Im laughing now, not at you, but at my own stupidity. I dont know if something like that even exists, but it sure sounds like a good answer eh?

yeah, that would be amazing if it existed.

MatticusMania · #8 10-20-2008, 01:36 PM

it does sound reasonable enough, theres probably people someone on the net who can actually do that, someway, somehow

Chriss62 · #9 10-20-2008, 01:38 PM

It's called a screen shot..... duh.

Don't put anything on the internets that you don't want out there. The internets is very sophisticated...

MatticusMania · #10 10-20-2008, 01:53 PM

Is there an lolcat that says "De Innernets iz very sufisticated"?

TheDarkReaver · #11 10-20-2008, 02:37 PM

You can't, put a watermark on them or something.

cdef · #12 10-20-2008, 03:01 PM

It would be doable to distribute images as self-displaying executables with the code to delete themselves. Here are some methods that get around the paradox of deleting an open file: http://catch22.net/tuts/selfdel. You could add a timer process sitting in memory (although you'd need programming experience to implement this stuff).

I've also seen suggestions that it might be possible to manipulate the headers in certain types of image files, so as to have a second header making a Java or VB delete call.

But there's no consumer program or service available to do what you want, and, as Chriss62 mentioned, there's nothing to keep anyone from hitting PrtScrn. Though you could include code to disable that key temporarily.

EDIT: I recall cyberpunk author William Gibson releasing a diskette in the 1990's, coded to reformat after one perusal. Seems kind of quaint now...

mambo4 · #13 10-20-2008, 03:05 PM

Anything that can be displayed or played on a PC, can be captured/copied/recorded, as long as one is industrious. (Speaking as a multimedia professional for the last 13 years )

Including copyright info or a watermark is the closest thing to security you'll get.

MatticusMania · #14 10-20-2008, 03:20 PM

I take pictures and then color out the watermark, so thats a no go.