When I had my ancient PC, I always clicked on forum posted images to open in another tab on my browser. This way, I could continue reading while the image loaded.
Now with a new faster PC, I click to pop up the image immediately on the screen.
There is an "Import to database" option in this window that is not there when I open the image in another tab. I assume it's been in the pop up window since the beginning, I just never knew.
So this means that anyone can just click on any forum image and add it to the data base?
--- without the image owner's knowledge or permission?
--- whether the person clicking "import to database" knows what he's doing or not? For example, if the original image poster had added the caveat, "I'm not sure if this is correct", the reader glosses over that, and imports the erroneous photo to the data base anyway. Where is the fail safe?
I have not clicked on the "import to data base", so maybe I am a little paranoid because I don't really know what happens after that. (I'm not going to try it because I might accidentally import somebody's image!) But it just seems that there are no checks or balances to this method. I certainly don't like the possibility of my photos being thrown about without my knowledge.
What am I missing here?
