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So idk if others have noticed this before - but it’s the first time I’m seeing this, hence the post.
There’s a website, https://www.photosugar.com, which apparently mirrors all pictures, gifsets etc. people post on their tumblrs (and also other social media sites like twitter and instagram, if I understand it correctly).
An eample for a tumblr user, with my name:
https://www.photosugar.com/tu/lordhelleboreNow it won‘t turn up anything but a 404 error in my case, because I sent an e-mail to the contact address, which is darius@photosugar.com with the title “My content on your website”:
Hello,
it’s come to my attention that you are mirroring all of the posts containing pictures/gifs that I post on my tumblr. I am asking you to stop pulling the content from my tumblr and to delete me from your website.
tumblr username is „lordhellebore“
Thank you.I got a reply consisting of the single word “removed” after just one day, and as you can see, it worked perfectly fine with the informal mail I sent. So if you want them to stop mirroring your tumblr, it seems all you really need to to is this.
I can’t test the site for all of my mutuals, but I’m tagging a few whom I found on there by random trial & error, and I suggest you look yourself up if you see this post and dislike tumblr mirrors (even if this one is only for pictures, not text).
@janiedean, @ladytp, @vaysh11, @lunavagantt, @einemelodieimwind, @robb-greyjoy, @youbuggingme, @ysilme, @rex-luscus, @bai-xue, @viendiletto, @electricalice, @contessa-de-leusse, @memetic-mutism, @bluecichlid, @mrs-storm-andrews, @ladymothwing, @prismatic-bell, @kittykatknits, @tinkili
….basically, whomever I’m trying at random, it seems that you’re on there.
Please reblog so others can know and ask for removal if they want to.
Pretty much everyone who has a social account anywhere is mirrored over there. While technically pretty harmless (especially if your social sites are publicly open anyway), it’s used to bypass restrictions on sites by gathering the raw data on things like pics - so it does include your likes, reblogs, nsfw content, etc. So if anyone’s uncomfortable with the mirroring without consent or just mirroring in general, ya’ll might wanna take a look.
Password protected blogs are also open to the public with this as well so that might be something ya’ll wanna look into if you’re concerned about protecting private blogs.
GUYS PLEASE REBLOG THIS. EVERY SINGLE BLOG I TESTED WAS ON THERE. tagging those i tried @lilyshilo @a-bunch-of-garbage @reioka @kaelinaloveslomaris @letslipthehounds @butmymomsaysimcool1 @lemememeringue @leave-me-alone-doctor @iidasengine @gogurtinuhflask
@pitviperofdoom @glumshoe @thebootydiaries @hermanncrab @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses @iguanamouth @i-am-a-fish @pukicho @candypixel
when you send an email (as detailed above) they automatically reply back this link to remove yourself from their site, which seems to work.
https://www.photosugar.com/remove
(via ex0skeletal)
