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Tip of the Week: Watermark to protect your photos online

Digital pictures are so commonplace in our daily lives that they tend to exist in many places.  Uploading your photos to the Internet via photo sharing sites & social media means that those that don't know you personally may gain access to your photos.

In most cases, you can limit who has access to the photos to just those you authorize, but what can you do to reduce the chances of an unauthorized use of a publicly accessible photo?: Watermark them!

Adding copyright information or an obtrusive image on the photo will make it less