this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats true but they also usually contain things like the pictures hash so as long as you have the file you can always claim it (even if the hyperlink becane invalid).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty much any kind of data related to the image is useless for verifying the actual image. For instance saving the exact same image with a different compression algorithm will make a new hash.