Digital Kidnapping

A good friend of mine brought to my attention an article on "digital kidnapping". I had no clue what that was. The explanation is quite disturbing. Strangers copy the pictures you post on social media (the web) and tout them as their own. They either pretend your child in the picture is theirs or they make up sad stories of how they want children. There's even abbreviations, hashtags and names for this sort of sick behavior.

So, in an effort to reduce our risk of digital kidnapping, I have become obsessed with watermarks. It can take away from the beauty of the photo but I can rest a little easier knowing I've done my part to keep my pictures "mine". People are crazy!