[RESOLVED] How to protect images on my site

[pbuddy_8]

Hi,

I want to protect images on my site to be saved by the user using save as or any other option. Please help.

[Cander]

You can't. Sorry.

[pbuddy_8]

There are ways. I've seen many people doing it through encryption and .htacess files but I don't know how to do it. Don't say you can't

[kfcSmitty]

ehh, technically there is no way to stop a user from grabbing the picture.

You could disable right clicking, but then the user could just grab it from the source code...also, cookies would be completely accessible and they could get the image from there....


My suggestion is, if you dont want someone else to use your pictures, then dont put them on the internet

[anotherVBnewbie]

You can use JS to disable right-clicks, and use htaccess to prevent someone from accessing content in a directory and server everything through SSL and then HOPE their browser doesn't cache SSL stuff (it's a user option in IE). Regardless of what you do tho there is no way to secure images served to a browser.

Online graphics companies implement a 2 stage process. All displayed images are low resolution and watermarked. Only after purchase do you have access to high-res no watermarked images.

[Cander]

There are ways. I've seen many people doing it through encryption and .htacess files but I don't know how to do it. Don't say you can't

Ill say it again then. You can't.

People can post all the little 'well you could do this' workarounds, but none of them protect your images from anyone with a rudimentary understanding of the web and browsers.

[eyeRmonkey]

The only decent solution is watermarks and bad quality.