RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images
| From: | John Meyer | Date: | Wed, 04 Jul 2001 14:38:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] How to prevent people from downloading images | ||
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2001, ..s.c.o.t.t.. wrote:
> there are two answers to this:
>
> 1) it cannot be done. as long as that image is on the person's
> computer screen, it is physically impossible to prevent that
> person from saving the image and using it.
> (a simple tap of the "print screen" will take a screenshot
> on windows machines, as someone else mentioned)
Agreed, but how about only showing a very small image. Large enough for them
to know what it is, but not large enough that saving it would do them much good.
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John Meyer
john_meyer@geocities.com
Programmer
Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither -- Ben Franklin