I presume this is some feeble attempt at maintaining a degree of copyright over images on the internet, but I've noticed recently when I've gone to get an image to accompany a post or whatnot, that the link is encrypted & there doesn't seem to be a way to copy the picture as it has no proper file extension such as .jpeg, and the link is either really long or seems to be jumbled into the wrong order or summit.
Is there a way around this?

i dont see any script or missing jpeg... do you maybbe have a virus or something hijacking your search? i went to google image and they were ok

I say 'script' but it kinda means 'score' !
I've just gone back & looked at some pictures where it was happening the other day but it's not now... so....
But I have noticed this a few times recently, it's not on all pictures just a few of them. It comes up at the start of the address bar saying 'encrypted' and then often has a really long address without any picture format on the end.

I've tried to post from Google Images before and given up, finding one after another to be encrypted.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/Encrypted-Google-Image-Search-Now-Available-201883.shtml

Encrypted Google Image Search Now Available
Google introduced an encrypted version of its website a year ago and has since been working on tweaking and improving it. It hasn't made much fuss about it, but the secured version is still getting updates and improvements, the latest being a rather big one, support for Image Search.

Google Image Search can now be accessed via the encrypted HTTPS version of the site. It's a great update for those interested about their security and privacy, but there is still plenty of work to be done before the encrypted alternative is on par with the regular Google Search.

For example, while the search results page for image searches is served via HTTPS, you get reverted to the regular HTTP protocol as soon as you click on one of the results, even in the preview page Google serves first.

Google's SSL Search, which is still in beta, is still lacking quite a lot of features, compared to the regular search page. Some of the left sidebar tools and filters are not available.

The most noticeable feature missing is Instant Search, which hasn't been enabled for the encrypted website. Still, if you want a safer browsing experience, it won't be such a huge trade off, the core features are all there.

Google introduced the encrypted version of its search engine among a broader move to switch over the more secure protocol. The HTTPS protocol uses encryption so only you and the recipient, in this case the Google servers, can see what's being transmitted, at least in theory.

However, just switching over is not an option, the move comes with a performance penalty and there are technical issues, that may affect some users, at play as well.

Google is working on fixing the problems, for example, the speed issue is being addressed with technologies like SSL Fast Start now included in Google Chrome which can shed off quite a lot of time from the initial handshake.

Space Bandit wrote:
When you say 'score'.....

Umm open the picture on its original link and then copy it, lol

andyh wrote:
How would that work for on here though? You need the link with a correct picture format at the end doncha?

Space Bandit wrote:
Original image opening would show .jpg or .png or .gif in the link.

Eg in google image search you see lots of thumbnails, when you click on the thumbnail it gives 2 options, viisit webpage or 'view image', its view image you click on and it shows the exact image URL.

andyh wrote:
Aye, that's what I've been doing for years....... but now these encrypted ones are coming up & they don't give you a file extension on the end....... which means you can't do owt with it!
I'll post up an example next time it happens.

Space Bandit wrote:
There's a lot of websites that display images as part of php code (or less frequently flash), thats been done for ages and not by google.
Those particular ones are very tricky to grab, easiest way is to just get a screen copy and upload to a photobucket site or similar.

andyh wrote:
Yeh it's a similar thing....... but actually on some Google images.
Having to get a screenshot & then fuck about is too much mither!
It's coming up like this in the address bar...

Thats a new change yep, slightly new look and https connection.
The image search still works the same for me though

andyh wrote:
Yeh it does for me most of the time....... just a couple of times recently I found nearly all the images I went to had this on it... then when I've gone back to it a couple of days later to have another look it's gone back to normal.
I'm wondering if it's anything to do with my browser..... I'm using TenFourFox which is a modified version of Firefox for the ppc Mac, since Mac no longer support the product they sold me in good faith, techy dudes have taken it upon themselves to keep providing stuff for it.