Protecting images?

[Zonk]

A newbie question--what code can I use to protect the content (images) of my web site from being copied--? To go along with that code, where would I insert it?

Thanks!

Zonk:confused:

[Charles]

Try a hex. It's the most effective option.

[AdamGundry]

:) That's an interesting idea, Charles. More commonly, watermarks or copyright legislation can be useful tools, but there's not much you can do in terms of code.

http://webdevfaqs.com/general.php#protectimage

Adam

[iBold]

I agree, watermarks are your best bet. If someone really wants your image, there really is no way to stop them from taking it..

[Sux0rZh@jc0rz]

lets not go into this again... uhg. it is impossible to save your images because they are sent to the target computer for processing and once that is done, bam. they have it and can get it. you can make it extremely annoying for them to get it(and in the process make your website about as accessable as Fort Knox) but that's about it. anti right click scripts and nosource scripts and all the rest can be turned off with ease by turning off javascript itself. and any kinda whacky trick that could disable print screen/delete out of temp folder would probably done with javascript. thus defeating the purpose.

[Paul Jr]

Originally posted by Charles
Try a hex. It's the most effective option.

Further explanation of this term would be greatly appreciated by moi.

[iBold]

well this link is geared toward PayPal, but I imagine you can use the generator at the bottom for just about any HTML. Give it a go:

http://bisoncreek.com/free-articles/PayPalHTMLencoder.html

[Charles]

See http://www.math.chalmers.se/~hallgren/wget.cgi?hex.

[Jeff Mott]

but I imagine you can use the generator at the bottom for just about any HTMLThis would keep someone out for at most a minute.

Towards the bottom they have a link to a much better alternative, and that took about 3 minutes to crack.

Both methods provide practically useless security. However, what the second method did provide was loads of frustration to users. If you go to the page you'll notice that you no longer have access to the shortcut feature from right clicking. You also cannot select anything. And most annoying of all was that you can't copy anything to the clipboard, which is not isolated to just that page. So long as the page is up you can not copy anything from any program.

All you get is cheesy security and far less visitors. It should never have even been recommended.

[Paul Jr]

Wow...that link near the bottom is...uhm...interesting. That guy...he's...uhm, paranoid.