Flickr Update

Just an update on my Flickr account. A few days after I posted Daphne’s picture to a few children’s photography groups and I blogged about privacy, I noticed a few hits on my Flickr account from Orkut.com. This is the picture that was getting all the traffic:

The only reason I knew anything about Orkut was that I had seen so many other Flickr users complain about their pictures being stolen and fake Orkut profiles being set up with photos of their kids. I’m not sure that’s what is going on here, but you never know. (Google Orkut and Flickr) Anyway, I have disabled all downloads from my Flickr account, unless you are listed as a friend or family contact. I will probably consider watermarking my photos from now on and will limit the amount of public photos. Honestly, these are things I probably should have done to begin with. I went through my Flickr contacts today and deleted a few people, and added some others who had already listed me as a contact but I failed to reciprocate (sorry!).

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