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Digital Photos for the World to See

Digital cameras are all the rage, and the original film based camera is now stored somewhere in the back of your closet. Although there are many advantages to using a digital camera, there is at least one reason why having such accessible photos is not the best idea. A warning is being issued to anyone who stores their digital photos online: be careful. They might see their photos exposed to the world. For users who employ peer to peer, P2P, and file sharing programs, may find that sites are downloading users` digital camera photos and displaying them online for others to view and make comments.

As of December 30th 2005 Fitography has been downloading and displaying digital camera images from users across the globe, effectively turning the tables on file sharing users and grabbing their own content for redistribution. The Webmaster of Fitography, Brad Gosse, freely admits their shameless publicity, he warns users to be careful what you put in your shared folders. If you place digital camera images in your shared folder and run P2P applications, chances are the site will probably have them displayed sooner or later.

Gosse says users who wish to protect their digital camera images and other files from unwanted downloads should simply turn off sharing in Limewire, Kazaa or other P2P applications. Users who don`t mind sharing some, but not all of their photos, should carefully check their shared folders for those photos they might want to delete. Anyone who finds their photos on Fitography or other similar sites and wishes to have them removed are urged to contact the Webmaster with details about the photo. To get the unwanted images removed from the site as soon as possible.