# Prevent downloading of posted images

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-downloading-of-posted-images/99689
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [16 oktober 2018 om 22:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-downloading-of-posted-images/99689 "2018-10-16T22:50:34Z")
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### Author: ![Sailsman63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sailsman63](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailsman63)
#### Post date: [17 oktober 2018 om 02:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-downloading-of-posted-images/99689/10 "2018-10-17T02:25:43Z")

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> [@Drchevalier](#):
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> Our members will be posting larger images at higher resolution with the EXIF data intact.

And why would you let them do that if no one is supposed to see that data? Either put in place a file-size limit that forces the user to web-optimize before uploading, or have a background task run through uploads, and process them to web specs. Keep only the webified files.

If you don’t want anyone to save the full-size file, you don’t want the overhead of having it loaded for everyone who views the forum thread either.

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