Flickr has a photo protection in which the right click save method fails to work because Flickr uses a transparent blank 1×1 pixel placeholder image called spaceball.gif is overlaid on the actual photo,so when
we save the pics all we see is spaceball.gif But this protection features have many flaws,we could use two method to break this protection.
1.Method
When we outline all images which is protected in flickr, the spaceball image seems to lie at an offset of a couple of pixels from the bottom.So when we right click on the bottommost edge of the image we could save the image.
2.Method
For Firefox: Goto Tools -> Page Info -> Media – Scroll down until you see that Flickr image in the Media Preview Window. Click the Save As button.
In IE, Opera, Safari or Firefox: Right click the Flickr web page and chose “View HTML source” – now search for “spaceball.gif” in the HTML source. You’ll find the full location of the protected image enclosed in the <img src=”..”> tag just before the tag that encloses the spaceball image. (see screenshot)
Hey, ok, I get it, I guess – but does this really work?
Great idea, thanks for this tip!