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Not very new, the technique's probably been around since the 2000's... e.g. you can't right click, save as on the web version of Instagram because all the image
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
Not very new, the technique's probably been around since the 2000's... e.g. you can't right click, save as on the web version of Instagram because all the images are background-images attached to DIVs. In the "old days" there'd be a 1x1 transparent GIF above the image, so any downloader would download that instead.
- trulyme 5y agoMore like 1990s, but yes.
- ravenstine 5y agoWhat you and I describe isn't new, except you're talking about the use with DIV elements which don't have a "Save image as" menu item on right-click. IMO, browsers should remove `background-image` support from IMG elements for that reason.