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There's a subtlety that's missing here. For someone to save and reupload a picture, it has to be sufficiently interesting to warrant that attention. But this us
by alexyim 16y ago
There's a subtlety that's missing here. For someone to save and reupload a picture, it has to be sufficiently interesting to warrant that attention. But this use case could be more simple. Suppose I directly link to an image while chatting on IM. The owner of the photo deletes it. A year later I can still reference the same URL.
- tptacek 16y agoI wouldn't to argue that there's no failure mode here, only that it's minimal. The URL you're talking about here is never promoted by the Facebook interface; you're more likely to click on the image, end up on the pretty landing page FB generates, and copy-paste the URL bar.
- Terretta 16y agoThis is usually how I share images: right-click, copy image address, paste in IM or email. To your point, yes, these URLs remain in email archives and IM logs. This is why Flickr changes an image's URL if you change its privacy settings.