Laravel - Restrict viewing of images from local storage

image.php

<?php
//confg filesystems
'secure_images' => [
    'driver' => 'local',
    'root' => storage_path('app/secure/images'),
    'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/secure/images',
    'visibility' => 'private',
],

//route file
Route::get('show-image/{user:username}', [ImageController::class, 'showImage'])->name('show-image');

// blade file
<img src="{{route('show-image', $user->username)}}">

//ImageController
public function showImage(string $username)
{
    if (auth()->user()->username !== $username) {
        abort(404);
    }

    $image = Storage::disk('secure_images')->get('pathToImage');
    return response($image)->header('Content-Type', 'image');
}