Worried about Posting Pictures

[crystalbath]

Hey girls

I'm wondering if anyone has ever had any problems posting pictures on here? as in if they have ended up being shared outside of the website etc. The only reason i ask is because i'm think about posting a picture but i don't want it to be seen anywhere else other than here lol

Thank you for reading

Kristy x

[AllieSF]

Yes, it does happen, but my guess is very rarely. There was a very attractive blond CD here who eventually ended up modeling for an on line CD clothing store. I found her pictures twice on Craigslist and not put there by her. I let her know about it. That was 2-3 years ago.

[RenneB]

Never had a problem. Then again most girls will say, it's not if, it's when someone finds out. Facial recog software currently runs on FB but it's only a matter of time... I'm good with that though...

Renne.....

[linda allen]

Once you put anything on the Internet, you've lost control of it. Some will point out that this is a crossdressing site so only crossdressers will be looking at the photos. That's not true. Some people leave their computers while logged into this site, some have made this site a "favorite" and set up automatic login, and some folks may be using this site in a business environment where others may be monitoring computer use.

That said, photos posted here are probably safe. You might want to make sure your presentation is good enough that it would be hard to recognize you as your make self. If you've given out a lot of information about yourself like your city and state or country, your hobbies, etc., it would be easier for someone to add up all the pieces and figure out that "trannyX" is actually "John Smith".

[sandra-leigh]

It has been known to happen that pictures are taken from here and used by people as if they are their own pictures. I gather that it has usually been by other crossdressers wanting to be seen as more real or more attractive, but I do not know that for sure.

Given what I know about the 'net, it is probable that someone here will end up with their pictures being used to provide a "cover" for fake users, such as by "click farms" or by scammers (or worse.) It is also probable that someone here will end up being hit by excrement falling from a bird in flight. Do you refrain from going out because of what a dirty bird might do?

[linda allen]

I have been hit by excrement falling from a bird in flight. :eek:

It does happen although it's far more likely to happen in a place with lots of low flying birds.

[NathalieX66]

My experience:
One, there are so few people across the spectrum of society that do what we do that the chance of being outed by someone who you know is quite small. That being said, I have this to say to those who know us: "What are you doing here?....catch my drift?
Two, this is my artistic outlet. This is who I am. The message needs to get out. I refuse to live in a bottle on a shelf somewhere.
Three, since I live in the United States, and the NSA loves to spy on the public, particularly the internet, despite our constitutional rights as citizens, this side of me is my way of sticking it to them....a GFYS, if you will.

[Karren H]

I've had a bunch of my thousands of photos spread all over the web and had to ask some websites to remove them.... a few even ended up in someones TG bride video... personally I'm flattered but its always nice if they ask first.... I assume that anything I upload is in the public domain and will get borrowed..... not that anyone would even recognize me... as her... and not that I really care if they do...

[Kate Simmons]

I never post anything on here or anywhere that I'm worried about being seen. I figure even if it is posted elsewhere the poster thought it was good enough to do that. Perhaps someone's life has been changed for the better, you never know.:)

[Marcia Blue]

The only pics of me that were used without my permission, were stolen by my ex and publish in the local paper. The internet seems more friendly, than a vengeful ex.

[Suzanne F]

My wife was concerned. However, she posted 2 of my pictures yesterday. I am not worried but I understand why she is. This is where compromising and going at a speed comfortable to her comes in to play.
Suzanne

[Sometimes Steffi]

There was someone who had a crossdressing web site and purloined some pictures from this site, including Karren's among others. She was eventually asked to take the site down.

You should know that someparts of the web site are puclic, like this section, and other parts are restricted to members only. This portion can be googled, especiallyif you have an uncommon name, and posts and pics are available to all. I'm sure nin-members can get into the private part if they werereally interested in doing so, but I think it's harder. That's why my avatar is a cartoon, but my profile pic is the real me, although it is the real me that Amanda created and I can't duplicate.

[AmyGaleRT]

I have photos both on here and on Facebook. On Facebook, I've taken the precautionary steps of disabling auto-tagging on my photos, and disallowing tagging me in photos without my permission (on both my Amy-self and my male self!). At least that should allow me to nip some potential issues in the bud...but it hasn't come up yet. I don't know if further paranoia is required.

Besides, who would it get to? My fiancee? She knows already. My other family members? My mother knows already, and, if another family member had suspicions that were close enough to correct, I'd probably just tell them anyhow at this point. My employers? Colorado has protection from employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and I doubt they'd be that concerned about what I do outside of work anyhow. (Besides, they'll see my full presentation as "Witch Amy" soon enough, at Halloween costume contest time. :) ) My neighbors? I've already expressed how little I think of their opinions. They may have seen both me-as-male and me-as-Amy already, and put two and two together. If so, I haven't heard anything. Other friends? I'd like to think most of them are open-minded enough to dismiss it. One already knows, and she's happy with it. The government? Oh, I'm sure they know exactly who "Amy" really is anyway by now. :) Have I left anyone out?

- Amy

[Allison Chaynes]

I've seen some stolen from Flickr and reposted on other sites, not to scare you but just to make you aware.

[Alice Torn]

Nothing would surprise me, in this mega hi-tech time! It would not surprise me, if NSA, and other government agencies know all about us, as guys or gals.

And, i forgot to add, lurkers, and hackers,

[Rhonda Darling]

BUT DON'T LET ANY OF THAT SCARE YOU AWAY FROM POSTING PICS. The odds of anyone you know seeing you in girl mode and recognizing you out of your regular context is pretty damn slim. My only caution is if your SO or other friends from the muggle world are in any of your en femme photos on the web -- that could lead to recognition and outing by association, as in "Who's that in the photo with Bob and Richard OH MY GOD, IS THAT [your name here]." Otherwise, don't lose sleep - instead enjoy your femme world and life.

Your mileage may differ.

Best,
Rhonda

[cindychan]

Well I think the biggest concern would be cold-hearted exes or enemies that have access to our pictures and would want to expose us. I have run across my pictures from time to time on other sites so I know nothing is sacred.

[MssHyde]

pictures or postings here are not a problem in my mind, I do not ever do face book as Cheyenne, face book uses your IP address etc. to make suggestions for linking people that may know you or that my know them.

I don't want to take the chance of being made that way every body I work with would know.

I happened to sign on to my face book page on my work laptop. I seen how fast it was try to link people.

[Robin777]

The forums you can post pictures in are viewed by members only. I would assume that everyone here would respect everyone else and not repost their pictures.

[MssHyde]

Well I think the biggest concern would be cold-hearted exes or enemies that have access to our pictures and would want to expose us. I have run across my pictures from time to time on other sites so I know nothing is sacred.

you nailed that one I agree

[Kate Simmons]

Nothing would surprise me, in this mega hi-tech time! It would not surprise me, if NSA, and other government agencies know all about us, as guys or gals.Trust me Alice, they do. We are not considered a threat to national security though.;):)

[Druscilla Supernovae]

The internet comes with it's risks. Just like craigslist you have to be careful with what you do. If one of my pics leaked out I don't think I would care about it being seen. I would be more pissed about someone posting a copyrighted picture.

[Beverley Sims]

Kristy,
If you post in the picture and photo gallery, it is members only access.
"You are less likely to be violated here than any where else."
Most of us here share a responsibility towards each other but, like anywhere on the net once it is posted it is "out".

[AmyGaleRT]

My only caution is if your SO or other friends from the muggle world are in any of your en femme photos on the web -- that could lead to recognition and outing by association, as in "Who's that in the photo with Bob and Richard OH MY GOD, IS THAT [your name here]."

This is why "Amy Tapie" has no Facebook friends in common with my male self, not even Sabrina. If someone were to look at, say, Sabrina's friends list, and see pictures of both my male self and my femmeself on there, I have to assume that, at that point, "the game is up."


Well I think the biggest concern would be cold-hearted exes or enemies that have access to our pictures and would want to expose us.

My ex-wife isn't cold-hearted or vindictive (we parted on good terms, mostly due to an opportunity she had that required us to split up), and, in fact, I've considered telling her; I think there's a chance she might understand. I have one ex-girlfriend who might be that vindictive, but I haven't spoken to her in a long time and I doubt she cares enough anymore, else I'd probably have heard from her long before now.

- Amy

[alwayshave]

I considered this question prior to posting my picture. Had I truly been worried about it, I would not have posted the pictures. Additionally, there is no context in my pictures, background or other people, thus it is harder to determine that is me.

[MissTee]

I think there is only a small likelihood any picture here would "get out."

Conversely, I am in the super cautious camp myself and one thing I've always said: if you can't take the chance -- don't take the chance. Thus, no pics of Misty anywhere.

[Raychel]

Of course there is always the chance, whenever you put anything on the internet.
But for me, I have been here a long tome and posted many pictures. To date, no issues.
I will say that at this point in my life, if anything did leak out, That would be life. I will deal with it
I am mostly out to everyone that matters now anyways.

[Robbin_Sinclair]

Well I think the biggest concern would be cold-hearted exes or enemies that have access to our pictures and would want to expose us. I have run across my pictures from time to time on other sites so I know nothing is sacred. I agree. NSA probably has better things to do. If someone had a hint that I am here, two and two could be put together. That bad person would have to go through all of my crazy posts. By the time that would happen, he/she would be off to the looney bin. I'd love to post good photos of myself but there aren't any...yet.

[Lorileah]

<----look at that , who would want to steal that? Really?

Seriously, I am sure I have my photo posted somewhere by some moron who is trying to fake their way through life and get sex or money or whatever. It doesn't really scare me. My photos have graced so many sites, most not even as "secure" as this one that if I didn't understand that they have been used (and there are some out there I am not proud of) I would be a hermit in a cave. If anyone sees one though please let me know so I can see what kind of kink and fun I am doing :)

[Sabrina133]

Well I think the biggest concern would be cold-hearted exes or enemies that have access to our pictures and would want to expose us. I have run across my pictures from time to time on other sites so I know nothing is sacred.

Yup, believe it. It happened to me. Hence, no pics. Once you post a picture on the internet, your've lost control of it with vey little recourse to get it back. If you are concerned, my advice is don't.

[mikiSJ]

I have been hit by excrement falling from a bird in flight.

I think the chances of a piece of guano landing on your shoulder is far greater than someone recognizing your avatar as you.

[crystalbath]

Thank you everyone for your replies, helped a huge amount :)

[anneob2002]

Exactly why you will never see my face on here.


Hey girls

I'm wondering if anyone has ever had any problems posting pictures on here? as in if they have ended up being shared outside of the website etc. The only reason i ask is because i'm think about posting a picture but i don't want it to be seen anywhere else other than here lol

Thank you for reading

Kristy x

[Wildaboutheels]

If it's on the Internet, it's fair game for anyone.

BUT, I'd bet ones chances of being in a car accident are at least ten times greater if not 100 times, than having someone steal your pic and try to "harm you" with it.

There must be dozens if not hundreds of other CD sites someone might have to look through if they were looking for trouble.

[Abbygirl]

Girls, all it takes is one imposter who has a thing for CD's. He joins the site, downloads the pictures and uploads them to imagefap/tumblr/usenet etc. I'm guessing the better you look, the better the chances are of your pictures ending up in places outside of our forum. (Which means I probably shouldn't worry like I do about posting pictures of Abby;))

[sandra-leigh]

If you go to images.google.com and drag one of your images to near the search bar, the area will change to allow you to drop the image. Google will then search for copies of the image, including in different sizes.

I could find my avatar listed as existing here, but not anywhere else. I tested with a bunch of my other images and none of them were found. Lorileah, your avatar was found only here when I searched, but it was interesting to look at the results and see how well you are matching a lot of women.

[sometimes_miss]

There's a pretty simple answer to this: If you can accept the 'worst that can happen', and everyone in the world learns that you're a crossdresser, then go ahead and post your pictures. If having everyone in the world know that you're a crossdresser isn't in your best interests, then DON'T POST PICTURES ON THE INTERNET, ANYWHERE. You can't un-ring a bell. Once the information is out, it's out, and so are you. It's always wise to think long and hard before making any decisions that can seriously affect the rest of your life.

[Lorileah]

Lorileah, your avatar was found only here when I searched, but it was interesting to look at the results and see how well you are matching a lot of women.
Wow, I don't know if that means I look as good as a GG or what :) One thing does bother me though...Sir Elton was in the mix Thanks Sandra, that was interesting

[betty1253]

I worried about this for quite a while also.
Now that I've posted pictures here I don't really care any more.
Found it quite liberating.

[mikiSJ]

I worried about this for quite a while also.
Now that I've posted pictures here I don't really care any more.
Found it quite liberating.

Yes, same for me!

[sandra-leigh]

Heh, yes, I had indeed noticed Sir Elton in the mix, but that was a definite exception in the top matches.

One of my images that I tested mostly matched pictures of food !

[AmyGaleRT]

I tried dropping my avatar image into GIS. It only found it here. But it was interesting to see the "similar images"...they were all women, mostly of more mature years. I guess that I pass from the point of view of Google's AI. :D

- Amy

[Lynn Marie]

I just don't understand why someone would want to post pictures with no face or bounced off a mirror with a cell phone flash. If I'm not allowed to see a good picture of the whole enchilada, then why just show me the plate! If you have any fear of exposing yourself, then why post a picture at all?

[Zylia]

Can't say I'm 100% sure no-one (who doesn't already know) will find out about my pastime activities because of the images I post on this website. I do host them 'offsite' in a private photobucket library to keep some sense of control. I'm aware that the pictures are free game the minute they hit the web, but the internet is a big place. Image recognition only works if it has something to recognize and I think I already posted more pics of my female persona in a single week than of myself, ever. Some of the worst security breaches happen because someone got 'physical access' though, so I'm actually more worried about people who don't really need to know finding it out because they see/recognize me IRL.

[cindychan]

With facebook I don't save to server. Haven't had any issues plus my own mother wouldn't recognize me. Also my profile pict is at a weird angle and in black and white.

[linda allen]

I think the chances of a piece of guano landing on your shoulder is far greater than someone recognizing your avatar as you.
Thanks, that's the hope anyway. I figure once I get out of the house and away from the neighborhood, I'm pretty safe. Some folks may figure out that I'm no who I am presenting myself to be, but they won't be able to figure out exactly who I am.

Having retired and moved several hundred miles from where I spent my entire life, the number of people who actually know me has greatly shrunk.


Exactly why you will never see my face on here.
I used to think that, but as I've become more comfortable with my "hobby" and more experienced with my presentation, I've allowed my self to post avatar photos of my real (made up) self from a distance. So yes, it's me. :battingeyelashes:

Never say never.

[Kiltie]

Havnt had any problem so far Linda and my pics are of me as I am so would be recognised. The fact is that at my stage in life I really couldnt care if anyone sees my pic on here. Thats why Im here, because I have respect for everyone on the site.

[Jorja]

Somehow I missed this thread until today. While I do not know if anyone has taken pictures from this site, I can only tell you my story and why I do not post pictures of myself.

A few years ago now, I was on another site. Like many here I enjoyed posting pictures of myself. One day a good friend of mine contacted me and said nice pictures. He also posted a link. I followed that link to what was a porn site. There I was in all my glory. Well, not really. It was my head but not my body because I had already had GRS done for years by then. I contacted the site and explained the problem. I was told too bad. They would not remove the pictures. Upon failing to get the pictures removed I went to my laywer and filed a law suit against the site and won. Several months went by and the pictures were still there. To make a long story short. If you look in the right places the pictures are still there. So, the pictures are still there and I am out the thousands of dollars it cost to try and fight this. Hopefully, one day we will hit the right people responsible and the pictures will be gone for good.

I will never post another picture on the internet. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

Good Luck

[ReineD]

"I have this to say to those who know us: "What are you doing here?....catch my drift?

A parent, spouse, girlfriend, best friend, etc might suspect something and join here under false pretext in order to be able to see the picture Gallery?


To Crystal, as mentioned above, nothing you post on the internet is private. Several of the forum's sections are open to the public, which means that your avatar is visible. We've had a few, albeit rare, incidents of bloggers using members' photos to post in their blogs without their permission. There are CDers who wish to look passable and who steal other CDer's pics to pass off as their own.

[Sallee]

I stopped worrying years ago. Now I don't want it advertised or as seen on tv, but if it happens so what. Now that the NSA knows that I CD I guess I may never get that top secret security clearance all though I have known girls who still got it so maybe they are CDs too. If you are not being a porno star don 't worry most even the NSA don't care.

[DanielleT]

I think it is good to use common sense and caution when revealing pictures of yourself anytime, anyplace. While I love sharing pictures of myself, I have had some unfortunate experiences wherein pictures of me "magically" turned up on the internet. A good, old fashioned rule is don't post anything that you wouldn't want your friends, family and co-workers to see and that you can't defend in a court of law.