Attention flickr users

[karohemd]

This photo is visible to all:


That's interesting, because this photo is marked as private on flickr.
It's also disconcerting, as I previously thought that setting a photo private will make it invisible to anyone else and checking friends or family will make it visible to flickr users that are defined as friends or family. This might be the case within flickr but not for links posted on external sites.

I just checked the flickr FAQ and it says:
What if I don't want everyone to see my photos?

That's not a problem. Every photo comes with its own privacy settings. You can make a photo available to everyone (That's public, and includes people visiting the site who aren't Flickr members), only make it visible to people who are your friends, just to your family, to both your friends and family, or you can keep an image completely private.

It doesn't mention that copied links will still work...

Comments

[dr-wez.livejournal.com]

How on earth would the flickr site know if someone looking at the picture was a friend of yours, or even you?

By using a similar cookie-based mechanism to LJ. If you don't have a cookie to authenticate you, or if wouldn't grant you access, then you don't get access. This takes care of the links-from-other-sites case, too.

[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

*nods* I was corrected already :-)

[dr-wez.livejournal.com]

Aha. Silly me. :)