To Ipernity and Beyond ....

Thank you very much Fizgig for your insight and most of all (as John mentions below) for your will to share your knowledge and expertise; there is a lot of misinformation about that people take for granted...and alarmists are rife. This is a complex and highly specialized field that requires depth of knowledge that few of us here have.

You're welcome =) That's all I'm trying to do -- dispel all the rife alarmist crap that is out there..... Especially when most of it is coming from people who don't understand the concept and design behind a site like 23HQ and immediately start spouting off alarmist propaganda.... Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have ipernity survive than have to move, but it's unfair for people to judge alternative sites based on the biases of those who can't even manage to USE said site. Some of the people complaining about 23HQ didn't even stick around long enough to figure out how to use the site! That's what gets me.... Doesn't bother me to say, legitimately, that certain features are lacking or difficult to use, etc..... That's fine. But to say a site is terrible and all your stuff is going to be stolen based on less than a week's time spent on the site is ridiculous -- not just less than a week's time, but also not taking the time to contact one of the admins. and request a temporary FREE full membership to open up all the features available. That's what sticks in my craw. And those who have a bias against more complex tech. That doesn't make a site less favorable.... Just means some folks can't get the hang of it.... That's fine... But don't go saying the site "sucks" because you can't figure out how to use it or, worse yet, don't want to learn anything new to make the site work for you.

Anyway.... Off my soap box ;)

@Fizgig
Thanks for your explanation.
I don't know very less about IT and internet security.
I only know, that when I login to Ipernity my password manager always asks me, if I really want to login to an insecure site !?
Like many others I have uploaded not only photos for public. When I log in to my account I will have the certainty that is only me who knows the password and who is able to log in.

@Leonora:
Sorry, but I don't see me as an alarmist.
My English is not so good, so I let it go at that.

Logins at 23HQ are as secure as any site on the internet. Just because it doesn't have the HTTPS in its URL doesn't mean it can't be secure. Again, it doesn't deal with financial information or sensitive data, so there is no need for HTTPS. I have a whole host of web browsers & security software on my computer(s), as I regularly check & alter codes on sites, and none of them raise any alarms for 23HQ. The same cannot be said for Flickr or Yahoo! -- their HTTPS "secure" sites are a joke. You are more likely to have your login credentials compromised on sites that use third party logins --- i.e. sites where you can use a Yahoo or Google, etc., login to get into your acct. In that regard alone, 23HQ is more secure than ipernity, Flickr, and many others.