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Yes, but some img formats are valid even if the end of the file is garbage, meaning you could display a fully functional image, and still host a hidden content.
by BiteCode_dev 5y ago
Yes, but some img formats are valid even if the end of the file is garbage, meaning you could display a fully functional image, and still host a hidden content. Not easy to check.
- INTPenis 5y agoI see what you mean. In that case someone just has to report it to their abuse department. Eventually someone will locate the offensive image and trace it back to imgur. Even if they can't immediately see it, they can see the abuse reports and investigate. It's a hard life running an image uploading service. You have to wonder how much they're being payed in ad revenue.
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoI doubt most of the money comes from ad revenues. More likely, they get more cash from invisible PR campaigns, it's the same goal as ads, but more efficient since imgur user base think the content they see is 100% organic. And so probably sells for a lot more to bigger players.
- croshan 5y agoI think a big portion actually comes from image-hosting for other websites. Stack exchange, for example, uses Imgur for image hosting when you attach an image with your answer.
- social_quotient 5y agoHere is a tool if people are interested - https://stegonline.georgeom.net/upload https://stegonline.georgeom.net/upload I use it a lot for a project trying to detect manipulated images including stego encoded images.
- Traubenfuchs 5y agoJust reencode all uploaded .png. No need to check!