When attaching an image it is possible to overlay a watermark image -in order to mess with faux-AI scrapers trying to grift upon your photos. -Epicyon will do it’s best to bounce AI scraper bots, but since those -systems are fundamentally unethical they may trivially be able to get -around simple user agent based blocking methods. A watermark image can -be uploaded from the Edit Profile screen under the -Background Images section. You may need to experiment -with the watermark image size to get the proportions as you wish.
+in order to mess with generative AI scrapers trying to grift upon your +photos. Epicyon will do it’s best to bounce AI scraper bots, but since +those systems are fundamentally unethical they cannot be relied upon to +follow user agent conventions. A watermark image can be uploaded from +the Edit Profile screen under the Background +Images section. You may need to experiment with the watermark +image width, position and opacity, which can be set as command options +on the daemon. See README_commandline.md +for details. +Even if the scraper bot tries to remove your watermark from the image +by filling in from the surrounding pixels, the removal itself may leave +a detectable trace indicative of improper use.
You can specify a date, time and location for the post. If a date is set then the post will appear as an event on the calendar of recipients. diff --git a/manual/manual.md b/manual/manual.md index 5e3f79bc4..e4a0a65f6 100644 --- a/manual/manual.md +++ b/manual/manual.md @@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ Attachments should be as small as possible in terms of file size. Videos should  -When attaching an image it is possible to overlay a watermark image in order to mess with faux-AI scrapers trying to grift upon your photos. Epicyon will do it's best to bounce AI scraper bots, but since those systems are fundamentally unethical they may trivially be able to get around simple user agent based blocking methods. A watermark image can be uploaded from the **Edit Profile** screen under the **Background Images** section. You may need to experiment with the watermark image size to get the proportions as you wish. +When attaching an image it is possible to overlay a watermark image in order to mess with generative AI scrapers trying to grift upon your photos. Epicyon will do it's best to bounce AI scraper bots, but since those systems are fundamentally unethical they cannot be relied upon to follow user agent conventions. A watermark image can be uploaded from the **Edit Profile** screen under the **Background Images** section. You may need to experiment with the watermark image width, position and opacity, which can be set as command options on the daemon. See [README_commandline.md](https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/epicyon/-/blob/main/README_commandline.md) for details. + +Even if the scraper bot tries to remove your watermark from the image by filling in from the surrounding pixels, the removal itself may leave a detectable trace indicative of improper use. ## Events You can specify a date, time and location for the post. If a date is set then the post will appear as an event on the calendar of recipients. This makes it easy for people to organize events without needing to explicitly manage calendars.