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[bellinghman]

There is a BBC news report on software that stops images being viewed after a particular point.

Oh dear.

Oh dearie me.

What a snake oil promise. Guys, once that image is seen, you can't stop it being kept. All that will be need will be an initial viewing, and then that image has been decoded. How you going to keep the decoded image out of the browser cache, eh? Are you going to reconnect every time the page redraws - if so, that'll really slow down the browser? How do you stop someone capturing it when they can see it?

I really can't see this one flying, somehow.

Comments

[gailsedotes.livejournal.com]

Rule 1 of Ineternet Development: Never overestimate the intelligence of your user.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely - but that's what this software does, assumes that users are going to go "I want to share this picture of myself snogging a gerbil, but only for two days, so my friends have time to laugh over it but my future employers won't find it."

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

And forgetting that removing the original image does NOT mean that it is no longer out there.

[hobnobs.livejournal.com]

"Why, what's this? I do believe it's a Print Screen Key..." :)