McAfee has come out with a Facebook application that protects the photos of users from being copied. This free beta app, McAfee Social Protection, protects users’ photos from being shared without their permission.
“Only select friends can view the photos. It makes pictures appear blurry to everyone else. It gives users a safe platform to share the photos without having to worry about them going viral or being uploaded onto the Internet by someone else,’’ Brian Foster, Senior Vice-President of Consumer Product Management for McAfee, has said.
Only friends who have been granted access can view the photos, but even they will be unable to share, copy, print, or take screenshots of them. The screen capture tool will only record a blank space.
The app also disables the save and download feature, displaying a padlock icon over the picture when a user scrolls over it. “This unique lock feature is possible because when users upload protected photos through the app, those files go onto McAfee, rather than Facebook servers,’’ Brian Foster said.
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