...it's rather weird that they didn't send an e-mail to confirm its creation.

Oh, the emails will come, you can count on it.

I use imgur all the time and I've never had a problem with it. I've used lots of other image hosting services and imgur is by far and away the quickest, easiest and most reliable. You can also get browser extensions which add imgur functionality to your browser for convenience. For example adding a right click menu option to instantly upload to imgur (very handy indeed). I use the imgur Extension by Metronomik for Chrome and when I right click on an image there is a "rehost image" option which uploads the image to imgur and displays it in a new tab - all you do is copy the URL and there's your link. I'm sure there are similar imgur extensions for Firefox as well. 

The one major problem I have with Photobucket is when you post a picture's location for people to see, they can then access your whole collection of pictures that you may not want them to see. I've already had a problem with this and it's turned into a huge security nightmare for me. My privacy went right out the window. You have to be very careful what you post on Photobucket, because it can become public in no time. Would you really want your photos being viewed by terrorists ?? 

TBH, the only use I have for Photobucket and the likes is to post images here. 
 
Anything which I consider private I don't take pictures of because, well, it's private. (That would be my first tip for those  poor actresses whose naked pics were leaked on the web. Just don't take naked pics. It's that mindblowingly simple).
 
If someone should access my offline photo folder, they'd be in for one heck of a kitten pic marathon, with a bunch of guitars, audio gear,  and 100% decent pictures of my lovely lady.

Well I had pictures of my guitars, coin collection, vehicle, and my house which showed the address to a bunch of creepy people on another forum. They were able to identify me, my address, my phone number, e-mail address, luckily they haven't tried to steal my ID yet....all from pictures I innocently posted on my private library, I thought. They have threatened me, with physical violence, stealing my stuff, and vandalizing my vehicle and house. 
 
I posted one picture and that was all they needed to access my complete library. Photobucket opened the door for them to all kinds of information about me. 

My photos would likewise be pretty boring, and not likely to be of any use to terrorists. Unless they were working on a nefarious audio device, perhaps a really cool-looking equalizer that embeds subliminal jihad slogans into your vocal tracks. 

I have about 20 photos of a little poodle mix called Jeffrey humping his Kermit toy. Seriously this is the most explicit thing I have in any of my photo accounts. I hope I don't get exposed on Reddit. 
 

djwayne
Well I had pictures of my guitars, coin collection, vehicle, and my house which showed the address to a bunch of creepy people on another forum. They were able to identify me, my address, my phone number, e-mail address, luckily they haven't tried to steal my ID yet....all from pictures I innocently posted on my private library, I thought. They have threatened me, with physical violence, stealing my stuff, and vandalizing my vehicle and house. 
 
I posted one picture and that was all they needed to access my complete library. Photobucket opened the door for them to all kinds of information about me. 

I sure hope that you've forward all those threats to the authorities.
 
It must be disconcerting I admit.
 
But then again, there are plenty of people who know where one lives. Every one on your street knows your address - heck they probably know when you're home and when you aren't. What I mean is that even in the world, we are exposed, constantly. 

Well it's not feasible to report them to the authorities because they remain anonymous. They won't introduce themselves, and act just like serious stalkers.  You never know when they'll make their move. It started out being a friendly website, but the character of the posters there has turned into scum. I can't believe how nasty these people can be. They've broken every TOS agreement there is. 

djwayne
Well it's not feasible to report them to the authorities because they remain anonymous. They won't introduce themselves, and act just like serious stalkers.  You never know when they'll make their move. It started out being a friendly website, but the character of the posters there has turned into scum. I can't believe how nasty these people can be. They've broken every TOS agreement there is. 

There has to be a way to retrace them - ISP address  or other. 

By the way - I did receive threats once on Facebook from a crazy fan of my wife. I've documented the whole thing, took screenshots, saved them on a server. But I never replied once. I just let the guy dig his own hole. He's in Montreal and I always wonder whether I'll inadvertently get to meet him face to face when I go there...
 
As for the rest...
 
Last year, a month after we moved in here, just as I was starting to feel home, those burglars ended up in my backyard. I came face to face with them when I opened the blinds.
 
As I kept getting subpoena after subpoena to show up in court as a witness, their list of felonies grew exponentially, and apparently, they were charged with home invasion with a gun.
 
Doing a bit of research on their past and seeing how they progressed down that dirty path, it's pretty clear to me that those guys are likely to end up shooting someone.
 
What this made me realize is that safety is relative and even though one never received a threat, there's no telling what may come his way, whether it's the result of some random coincidence or pure bad luck or something planned. If you're as ready as you can be for that, you're as ready as you'll ever be to handle those threats.
 
It's worth investing into security. ADT and the likes are your friends, and like our agent told us, security works in layers.
 
Just the sign may work as a deterrent for x% of the potential criminals. If it doesn't you need back ups. We've invested in an assortment of them, and have them strategically placed everywhere around the house. And, trust me, the minute we get the green card, we'll be praising the second amendment.