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Right now I keep them on the hard drive because I'm not quite comfortable with pictures of my family and children being on the internet. I know it's irrational

Right now I keep them on the hard drive because I'm not quite comfortable with pictures of my family and children being on the internet. I know it's irrational because 1) who cares about one kid? and 2) most sites have an option to make pics private. I'm just a little nervous about not being able to put the genie back in the bottle. Unexpected consequences are unexpected. I email some pics and snail mail CD-ROMs to interested family. If I did use a photo-sharing site, I'd probably use yours because of the email updates instead of having to login to see pics.

brlewis 19y ago
Do your worry about mail servers being compromised? Or about people forwarding photos without your permission?
- pchristensen 19y ago
  Oh come on, I told you upfront that I was being irrational! OK, mail servers could be compromised, but I think my pics would be safe by obscurity b/c intruders would be looking for email addresses, account numbers, passwords, etc. And I pretty much only forward pics to close family members. I think having run a blog and looking at logs, it's a little scary how many random sources from all over the internet (I mean world) can get to any public facing page. That's a lot scarier than what my aunt or cousin would do with a picture of my family. But mostly, it's a choice between two things: 1) keep my pics on my hard drive (with private copies on S3 for backup) - Pros: no effort, little risk. Con: no one else gets to see my pics 2) post them somewhere else: Pro: family, etc can see my pics. Cons: more effort, more cost (?), the genie is out of the bottle, have to either administer it properly or publicly expose. I know that ourdoings is dirt simple and has the privacy features I would want, which is why I said I'd use it if I ever got around to photo sharing. I know it's the one I'd recommend to anyone who asks.
  - brlewis 19y ago
    I wasn't trying to be accusative. I'm just trying to see what does/doesn't cause worry. Thanks for offering to recommend it, but that won't do much good if the people you recommend it to have the same worries.
    - pchristensen 19y ago
      Sorry, I meant to put a ;) after my !. Don't worry, most people aren't as [secretive | paranoid | aware] as I am.

brlewis 19y ago

Do your worry about mail servers being compromised? Or about people forwarding photos without your permission?

pchristensen 19y ago
Oh come on, I told you upfront that I was being irrational! OK, mail servers could be compromised, but I think my pics would be safe by obscurity b/c intruders would be looking for email addresses, account numbers, passwords, etc. And I pretty much only forward pics to close family members. I think having run a blog and looking at logs, it's a little scary how many random sources from all over the internet (I mean world) can get to any public facing page. That's a lot scarier than what my aunt or cousin would do with a picture of my family. But mostly, it's a choice between two things: 1) keep my pics on my hard drive (with private copies on S3 for backup) - Pros: no effort, little risk. Con: no one else gets to see my pics 2) post them somewhere else: Pro: family, etc can see my pics. Cons: more effort, more cost (?), the genie is out of the bottle, have to either administer it properly or publicly expose. I know that ourdoings is dirt simple and has the privacy features I would want, which is why I said I'd use it if I ever got around to photo sharing. I know it's the one I'd recommend to anyone who asks.
- brlewis 19y ago
  I wasn't trying to be accusative. I'm just trying to see what does/doesn't cause worry. Thanks for offering to recommend it, but that won't do much good if the people you recommend it to have the same worries.
  - pchristensen 19y ago
    Sorry, I meant to put a ;) after my !. Don't worry, most people aren't as [secretive | paranoid | aware] as I am.