Hotlink Protection - Bandwidth Theft

Yes, it’s possible that someone can steal your bandwidth. This is called as bandwidth theft. This can be done through hotlinking, which is direct linking to other web site’s images, video, etc. To display an image or video you found on someone else’s web page so it will appear on your site. Indirectly, visitors/viewers are eating up the bandwidth of that site which is the source of information. From .htaccess Editor, you can apply Hotlink Protection for the selected directory, so that files can be accessible through your domain only.