Forum Photos on Google images

Ian · 22nd August 2014, 02:48 PM

Hi Steve:

Yes, the poster of an image to an online site can put a watermark or logo on that image before posting it. Adding some sort of identifier to a graphic is accomplished with many different graphics programs. It's simply a matter of copying another small graphic and posting it on to the picture you want to show, then using a "group" feature in the graphics program to make it all one graphic.

Unfortunately, any identifier that you add can be removed easily with a number of programs (some of which are free) available online.

So, basically, whatever is posted to a public forum or shows up on a Google search can be copied, altered, and used for scamming. This happens frequently.

Sad but true.

Ian.

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22nd August 2014, 02:48 PM	#4
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,361	Hi Steve: Yes, the poster of an image to an online site can put a watermark or logo on that image before posting it. Adding some sort of identifier to a graphic is accomplished with many different graphics programs. It's simply a matter of copying another small graphic and posting it on to the picture you want to show, then using a "group" feature in the graphics program to make it all one graphic. Unfortunately, any identifier that you add can be removed easily with a number of programs (some of which are free) available online. So, basically, whatever is posted to a public forum or shows up on a Google search can be copied, altered, and used for scamming. This happens frequently. Sad but true. Ian.