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by trqx 2690 days ago
Nowadays even image hosting services (imgur, ...) act like they don't know how to display an image without having to resort to javascript.
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tniemi 2690 days ago
I think that is mainly because of content control. Plain hotlinking is technologically simple, but a bad business practice.
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hawski 2690 days ago
Wouldn't checking the HTTP referer server side fix hotlinking issues once and for all without any JavaScript?
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marcosdumay 2690 days ago
The referrer can be gamed, but it's not something you can't solve by combining it with cookies.
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