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Privacy settings on Flickr. Are you aware of your settings?

Whammy! · 2014-10-05 18:49:47

I like to view photos larger than 800px so I often view the photos through the Flickr links provided. But I've notice that some of the photos posted here have the option to download their original photos (full resolution) on Flickr activated. A few of them have their photos watermarked so I assume they would prefer if…

05-10-2014 07:49PM

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Whammy!

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I like to view photos larger than 800px so I often view the photos through the Flickr links provided. But I've notice that some of the photos posted here have the option to download their original photos (full resolution) on Flickr activated.
A few of them have their photos watermarked so I assume they would prefer if people did not steal their photos.

If you are unsure of your Flickr privacy settings go to "settings" then 'privacy & permissions" and the first option should be "who can access your original image files?".
Change it to "only you".

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