Any FREE photo hosting sites out there?? Other than Post Image

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sentsat71

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Am asking as a post on Randy's site of a member using POST IMAGE had a picture (maybe more) that had a Porn site attached to that photo(s)...

I have been using Post Image as it was rather easy to use.....Now I'm wondering if I one of my pics could be so infected.
Ed K.

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Quote from: sentsat71 on March 03, 2020, 10:01:34 AM
HEADS UP FOR THE ADMINS HERE.....

Am asking as a post on Randy's site of a member using POST IMAGE had a picture (maybe more) that had a Porn site attached to that photo(s)...

I have been using Post Image as it was rather easy to use.....Now I'm wondering if I one of my pics could be so infected.
.....Yes, the chances of there being no issues with any of your pictures is quite slim to be honest with you.....in layman's terms, your pictures more than likely, are serving as potential portals to which ever porn sites that POST IMAGE is ALLOWING to use their (POST IMAGE's) website in return for a certain % of the revenue generated by the porn site via clicking on a link.....in other words ,the porn sites are paying the bills at POST IMAGE in the name of "advertising", while POST IMAGE supply's the unknowing,yet honest members.

Quote from: steven on March 03, 2020, 12:21:00 PM
Since I started using Post Image I have had problems with the computer. Even had a warning pop up on one photo that said virus found, so now I am wondering the same thing. Plus my virus scan is going of the charts lately. ..........................
You just made my point, your virus scan can be overloaded to point of complete and total failure which at that point your computer becomes a brick.......even with the top of the line virus scans in multiple redundancies.  I can understand the lure of something free, but in the long term is it really worth destroying your computer? 
  Something else to consider is this......if your or anybody's computer gets infected to the point of major issues its like the Corona Virus that's making the news everywhere.  How the virus is transmitted is quite similar to the Corona Virus in that one person gets it and many more can be exposed to it.  As an example using this web site...member "X" either post or shares a link of a picture that the 3rd party host site is one of these free photo hosting sites that depends on its traffic to click on one of its advertisers link where the virus has its origins....could be any type of advertisement, it doesn't necessary have to be porn or any other questionable type of advertisement.  Unbeknownst to member "X" his computer has been exposed to the virus ever since posting the picture (or it could have been the link as well).  Member "X" introduces the virus to this website in the form of either the picture or the link.  Anyone clicking on the link or picture has now exposed their computer to the virus.  In the worse case scenario , the virus could run amuck within the website and all the members computers have been exposed to the virus.                         
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sentsat71

Ed K.

Marty W

Forget my suggestion about Photobucket. They just raised prices again, and my plan now excludes image hosting. I am dumping them, and will be switching to another host. I will look into IMGUR. Until then, I can't post any pics.

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sentsat71

Don't think it was posting pics from Post Image, it was unwanted attachments tagging along so when someone else clicked on pic porn spam opened also.

Just read a post on Randy's site that Post Image has rectified this situation.....hope it lasts....
Ed K.

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Dr. Kerry

I use https://imgbb.com/ only issue it has is it only posts the links and people have to click the link to see the pics..
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Marty W

Quote from: Dr. Kerry on March 29, 2020, 03:56:31 PM
I use https://imgbb.com/ only issue it has is it only posts the links and people have to click the link to see the pics..

I signed up with them yesterday, and if you upload a pic, then click on it to open the image larger, it will give you several options, including copying the image to post directly on forums. I tested it out. See my post under Reference Material. It shows a NASCAR '58 Tbird convertible.

Michael F

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Dr. Kerry

Quote from: Marty W on March 29, 2020, 07:48:13 PM
Quote from: Dr. Kerry on March 29, 2020, 03:56:31 PM
I use https://imgbb.com/ only issue it has is it only posts the links and people have to click the link to see the pics..

I signed up with them yesterday, and if you upload a pic, then click on it to open the image larger, it will give you several options, including copying the image to post directly on forums. I tested it out. See my post under Reference Material. It shows a NASCAR '58 Tbird convertible.

Didn't know that! Thanks Marty
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Dr. Kerry

"Keep It In Scale"
       Dr. Kerry
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq_FIdex0e1WNmv1lpQ-ZnQ