Downloads

Yes they can.  Like any other website , if you can see it it's already in your computer as a temp file. That's how the internet works.

Thank you doggie. I am still tying to find my way around matey :)

Unknown said:

....................it doesn't mean someone has downloaded them to keep it just means someone has viewed the photo

You are correct about the counter but as I said earlier , in order to view a webpage , any webpage be it text or photos , your computer downloads the data from the internet as a temp file which it then processes to display on your screen. Even if you don't choose to save that data as a copy it's still there buried away on your hard drive. Short of physically destroying your hard drive it can be recovered by experts using advanced software even years later. That's how the police track "illegal activity."