"Real Pictures" vs. Online Photography

A scanner is a must!! I scanned all paper photos and have added them to USB Flashdrives..I used to transfer them to CD's but nowadays people are getting away from CDs and desktop computers!!sad-unhappy-face-icon (Custom).gif
 

Ameriscot said:
Last time we needed a new printer we got one that also scanned. I've scanned a few but need to do a lot more.
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I reckon that taking photos with a digital camera to digitise old photos is better than using a scanner.
Perhaps you can prove me wrong by posting some here?

This is a digitised photo of my Wife and I at Lake Garda in Italy a few years ago...
 

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A word of caution to all... Did you know that if you post a picture here... someone with bad intentions can grab that pic and use it to search the internet for that same pic? In other words... if you have the same pic on you FB account.. they can find you? Just a word to the wise.
 
QuickSilver said:
A word of caution to all... Did you know that if you post a picture here... someone with bad intentions can grab that pic and use it to search the internet for that same pic? In other words... if you have the same pic on you FB account.. they can find you? Just a word to the wise.
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Hi QuickSilver, and thank you for your kind advice there.
I did know that, but I am not a member of FB now as I cancelled it.

Another tip is not to post your date of birth in Profile.
Anyone having that information, and your E. Mail address can cause you know end of trouble in the wrong hands.
I deleted that info here.

Best regards

Kenny
 
boozercruiser said:
Hi QuickSilver, and thank you for your kind advice there.
I did know that, but I am not a member of FB now as I cancelled it.

Another tip is not to post your date of birth in Profile.
Anyone having that information, and your E. Mail address can cause you know end of trouble in the wrong hands.
I deleted that info here.

Best regards

Kenny
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Yes, I knew that. My FB is restricted although I know there are hackers. I don't have my real year of birth on FB, I'm listed as 100. :D
 
Yes.. Mine is restricted also.. BUT if you look in the "what others can see"... you will see that some of your pics are available for anyone.. Look up on the right hand corner to view what others can see of your profile.
 
QuickSilver said:
Yes.. Mine is restricted also.. BUT if you look in the "what others can see"... you will see that some of your pics are available for anyone.. Look up on the right hand corner to view what others can see of your profile.
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Yes, I do that, and recheck sometimes in case FB has changed something. My Flickr photos are all public, the difference is I don't use my real name.
 
boozercruiser said:
I reckon that taking photos with a digital camera to digitise old photos is better than using a scanner.
Perhaps you can prove me wrong by posting some here?

This is a digitised photo of my Wife and I at Lake Garda in Italy a few years ago...
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I took photos of documents, passports etc when I needed a print of them and didn't have a scanner, but haven't done that for photos I wanted to save. I'll try doing both and compare them.
 
we have hard drives full of photos, movies etc, and drawers full of "real photos" in albums
but does anyone ever look at them ?

very rarely:(
 
DO NOT read this post if you are only interested in what the OP started this thread for. I am sorry I got off the subject. Regarding someone stealing my identity from my online photographs (A question QS directed to Ameriscot not me) : I don't really care if someone knows who I am. I do keep my FB account set to privet most of the time. Sometimes my son asks me to make it public for a day or two as his students want to look at his parents and see the area we live in etc. I sometimes run my name through google and none of the photos of me come up. There are 4 other ladies in the US with my name and they are all better looking than I am so let someone think that is me. :) One is an artist ( I am too but not a professional like she is) and one rescues dogs and I forget what the other 2 do. I check my bank accounts each day, the only credit card we use is a prepaid so no one can get much off from that. I do online banking and bill pay and I use PayPal for things I buy online. I realize I COULD be the victim of identity theft but everyone I know who has had it happen to them was able to get it resolved very fast. And we are fortunate to have kids who keep an eye on us and I don't think we would ever be the victims of someone mortgaging our property out from under us as we all keep a close eye on that. We have 3 adult grand kids that look out for us too. If we did not have the kids, I'm sure I'd have to take more secure steps. 2 of the kids must do that google earth or whatever it's called over our place regularly because they will call and ask me what vehicle is it that is moved over to this area or that. :) Some of our children and grandchildren have vehicles they plan to work on someday stored here and apparently like to make sure we haven't sold them. :)
 
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On here I'm pretty much honest...but most sites I tweak name, age, gender, location. You can't be too careful sometimes.
 
fureverywhere said:
On here I'm pretty much honest...but most sites I tweak name, age, gender, location. You can't be too careful sometimes.
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the trick is to never use anything on the internet that you do not want anyone else to see, share only information/images etc that you dont mind others seeing,
there are just to many unscrupulous morons out there just waiting for you to give them information to help defraud you or manipulate you in some way,
many folks are unaware of just how much information the likes of google and facebook collect on your online habits and usage, which is sold on to others,
so beware of the risks:rolleyes:
 
fungiphile said:
the trick is to never use anything on the internet that you do not want anyone else to see, share only information/images etc that you dont mind others seeing,
there are just to many unscrupulous morons out there just waiting for you to give them information to help defraud you or manipulate you in some way,
many folks are unaware of just how much information the likes of google and facebook collect on your online habits and usage, which is sold on to others,
so beware of the risks:rolleyes:
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Thank you for those timely warnings guys.
I do believe that a fraudster mainly needs three things in order to do you

A photo of you
Your date of birth
Where you were born
Your E. Mail address
And if they can get hold of one or more passwords, and all of the previous then you could be done up like a kipper!

I don't mind posting pictures of myself here though, as I don't think that in itself is enough.
 
I googled my name including middle name and the only thing that came up was the high school I went to. Has to be from when I registered for classmates.com.

I've come up with my name without middle name in a couple of places (address and landline are unlisted). One was when I was raising money for VSO (voluntary services overseas) which is the organisation who sent us to Uganda, and a twitter account.

On FB I don't have my year of birth and I list my location as the nearest town as our village is extremely small.
 

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