There is no such thing as "deleted" on the Internet. Are you careful enough?

I don't upload any photos anywhere that are embarassing or I wouldn't want any other people to see. If that's really true the photo is never deleted, I sure hope this makes some people think twice about posting something on the internet.

lol mimpi, you don't want to be a monkey forever, that was just too cute. But on your subject, I had heard that before, just not on the pictures, but comments. But it would make sense that if someone could pull up comments they could pictures as well. Thanks for the reminder!

Better to be safe and sure. With technology changing and the search engines improving thier search capabilities, unless permanent deletion happens from the server storing them, the image still exists in the virtual world. Then there is the problem of thumbnails and cached files still being retained. And it's not just related to photos Mimpi. I think a lot of personal information that we share too is always somewhere out there. Personally i try and be careful in this regard. It's probably because i've heard of too many incidents in this regard.

I know the what all calamities the internet is capable of.I am very careful not to divulge with any of my personal details here in the net and I keep a watchful eye on my family members too.It is not worth getting agonized for the pleasure of simply browsing.I am more careful to the level of posing for the photos only when I am sober.Smart.Isn't it?

Hi Mimpi! Many thanks for the useful information. I was not exactly aware about this information. I knew that if I upload a photograph on a social networking or any such site, that photograph could be copied. I understand that it would be better not to share personal photographs with friends/relatives through social networking sites, if one wants to be on the safer side. I normally do not upload my personal photographs on any site. If I have send a photograph to someone, I prefer sending it through other communications modes. Good Post!

That's right mimpi1911, better don't upload it at any free site. Better upload photo to post-to-pay site, at least got money and the link never stray elsewhere because it used different program. Such as shareapic, tinypic, and other many providers.

It's very, very rare for me to add personal photo's online, so at least I'm safe on that front! This is a good thing for people to know overall though. I shudder to think of the masses of information laying on servers throughout the world that people don't even know exists. I'm always cautious of what I say and do on the internet, even outside of picture placements and always will be.

Hello mimpi. If we delete it, it is hard to say that it is permanently deleted because someone else interested in it might have copied it and put it some other sites. Who knows? Yes? So you are right that we need to be careful enough while uploading some pictures. We have to make sure that they are healthy ones. Thank you for the warning discussion, mimpi.

Thank you for the information. I do not think most people realize this. The new people to the internet needs to know this. Some people will just post anything. We need to be careful. We also have Big Brother watching. Be careful. Have a happy day.

Though I dont attend drunken parties and therefore would not have any drunken party snaps to post on the net still the information you provided is useful. I was not aware of this fact before. Thanks for the tip.

That is true. I mean if something is on the internet, what with the billions and billions of people on here 24 hours a day/7 days a week, chances are that maybe just one of those billions have copied or linked to that very photo that you have uploaded. Sure maybe you think that a page or a photo does not exist anymore because you have deleted it or that perhaps the site has already closed but you really dont have any means to know for sure that there is a second or third copy that you do not know exists somewhere in another site. I am careful with what I upload, more often than not I dont upload at all. Though there are those times that I cannot help not uploading because a friend in another country asks for a copy, though I keep it in a private album or I send it directly to his/her e-mail. Anyway, even with all the precautions that people can observe, we have to at least expect and have that tiny glimmer of doubt that we are not safe 100%.

Thank goodness that I am a computer expert that don't know how to upload photos on the internet, lol. I'm too shy about my photo anyway and maybe that's a good thing for me. This is a very good advice, mimpz, and very important for some people to know this also. And hopefully some will be more careful in the future.

I do know that even when we think we've deleted something, it stays permanently somewhere on the hard drive. Experts can always find it some way. And yes, pictures and writings, once posted anywhere, float around the internet forever. It is as you said, if you have any qualms about putting a thing out there...don't! Karen

Thanks for sharing these info. My boyfriend has told me about this before. I have always been very careful with stuff that I upload on the Internet. And one more thing, I also try to be well-behaved in front of friends who are cam freaks.

Dang, not the drunken party photos! Oh noooooo......

I've always said that, if there's something you don't want someone to find out about, don't do it. But, the way human nature is, hindsight is always 20/20 and I'm sure one of the most used statements in the world today is, "What was I thinking???" Yep, things have a way of coming back to haunt us. I watch a lot of forensic-type shows because I'm fascinated by today's technology. So many times, I've seen where someone murdered someone and was caught by what was still on their computer even after they've deleted it, like how to poison someone. But, those photos that you think are funny today just might come back to bite you in the derriere down the road! So, your advice is very good and should be heeded, just don't upload it! I wouldn't even email things like that because you just never know!

Hello mimpi, This is interesting, Many people would upload pictures in facebook. so it's better for people to be very careful. Have you tried this yourself? Did it work? But maybe, no one would save all the url of the photo of somebody, unless of course the other person is a stalker or is planning something on that particular user. Nevertheless, it is better safe than sorry Thank you for sharing that wonderful information

That’s a bit scary isn’t it? I don’t think that I have uploaded anything I will regret, I hope! (LOL). It’s good advice and very useful to know. I didn’t know that posted on the Net meant forever. I can’t understand why anybody would post intimate and personal pictures on the Web, why on earth you would put them out there for the entire world to see, is beyond me but then again that is what some people enjoy I guess...

LOL...I'm hoping to have been careful enough..lol...I don't upload anything that I would worry about anyone else seeing. I'm a little leary of uploading personal thing on the net. Good advice!

I haven't always been that careful. So, I'm sure there are some naughty pictures of me out there. Nothing starkly bad, but I think I took a picture of my chest with a bra on. At least my face wasn't in the pic! Haha. I also recently ran across an old blog of mine that had some naughty stories on it that I wrote. I was a little embarrassed to find that! I wish that been more careful about that.