Sharing is caring. Most of the time anyway.

When using Tuzulo, nearly everything can be shared - we provide social bookmark integration where appropriate. However, there are other places within Tuzulo which can be bookmarked but shouldn't be shared with others.

Different Kinds of Bookmarks

Generally there are two ways to bookmark something: socially using an internet bookmark service such as Digg or privately inside your browser. You can also drag locations to your desktop on Macintosh OS X. The idea behind social bookmarking is sharing information that's interesting to you in the hopes that it's interesting to others. That's a wonderful way to share your photos and files but not a good way to retain information which you wish to be kept private.

After an Upload – Management

After you upload files on Tuzulo you're taken to a landing or management page which summarizes your upload package. This URL always looks like:

http://www.tuzulo.com/upload/<private-key>

Codes are generated from this page - these codes are used for linking and embedding on other sites. Since you can manage your package, including the ability to delete individual files/images the /upload page can be bookmarked or otherwise saved but shouldn't be shared in any way, including email, especially if your upload was done anonymously. The reasons why should be obvious.

In case the reason isn't clear please keep in mind that if you give out sharing codes for collections you are also giving away management of those collections. If the collection is created anonymously (without a login or without logging in) someone could alter the collection in ways which may not be desirable. We have no tangible way of tracking an anonymous user beyond their IP address and browser type.

If you share an /upload page that was created using your account then users will get a 403 Forbidden message when attempting to access your /upload URL. In fact, you will also get a 403 error if you're not logged in.

You're always protected if you have an account. Just remember to keep your /upload page URLs to yourself.

Protection for Anonymous Uploads

Each collection or item (an image or a file) has a public facing identifier or key and a private key which is not related to the public key. The private key is used for management, including deletion. The public key cannot be mathematically transformed into a private key. Therefore as long as private keys are not shared your anonymous uploads are protected.

Upload History

If you have an account Tuzulo remembers your upload history, freeing you from ever having to remember private /upload keys for management or publishing your media.

If you don't have an account, you have two options:

1. Create an account (if you do this within one hour of the anonymous upload you can reclaim it as yours).

2. Bookmark or remember your /upload pages.

If you have lost a private key to an /upload page, you can try to use the anonymous upload reclaimer which requires you to have an account. Otherwise, regretfully, you are toast and must re-upload the media. This is a byproduct of having a simple anonymous interface.