A modern alternative to Casimages

The short answer

If you used Casimages to quickly share an image, AnonShot is a modern alternative: account-free upload, short link, and on top of that, privacy (password, self-destruct, metadata removal).

What AnonShot adds

Where legacy hosts focus on displaying images, AnonShot adds protections designed for private sending: an optional password, burn-after-read, and automatic removal of sensitive EXIF data.

The interface is deliberately minimal: drop, copy the link, send. No intrusive ads and no mandatory sign-up.

What pushed people to look elsewhere

Image hosts of the Casimages generation were designed in an era when metadata was not a question. The smartphone photo did not exist yet, and nobody worried about a file carrying the GPS position of where it was taken.

Two shifts changed that. First, nearly every image shared today comes from a phone, so it carries precise coordinates by default. Second, advertising hardened: on many free services, opening a link fires scripts your recipient never chose.

A modern host therefore has to answer a question the old ones never asked: what becomes of the file, and who watches the person opening it.

How to migrate without breaking your old links

No service can automatically pull images hosted elsewhere. Migration is manual, and it is rarely worth moving everything.

• Back up your originals locally first: that is the only copy you keep control of.
• Identify the posts that still matter — a tutorial, an active listing — and re-upload only those images.
• Use the sort to spot screenshots holding an address, a username or a file path you would no longer publish today.
• For old images illustrating posts nobody reads any more, simply let the links die.

When to stay on a classic host

If your need is to durably host a public image (forum signature, permanent illustration), a durable hosting service remains relevant. AnonShot shines mostly for one-off, confidential sharing.

The limit is clear-cut: a share created without an account on AnonShot expires after 30 days. For an image meant to illustrate a post read for years, that expiry is a flaw rather than a feature. Create the share from an account in that case, or keep a permanence-oriented host for that specific use.