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2017* Since this article didn't include instructions to fix this: On desktop (I couldn't find a way through the app) Go-to https://photos.google.com/sharing h

2017* Since this article didn't include instructions to fix this: On desktop (I couldn't find a way through the app) Go-to https://photos.google.com/sharing https://photos.google.com/sharing You can see what's shared Select an album, go to options (is a menu under the three vertical dots in the upper right) Uncheck share. Then click delete

chaosite 7y ago
What does "2017" mean here? It's not the year of the article, it's from today.
- Forge36 7y ago
  It's not new news, it looks like a rehashed version of this article I found https://www.alexkras.com/do-not-share-your-google-photos/ https://www.alexkras.com/do-not-share-your-google-photos/ Reading that one closer I found https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8830977/google-photos-security-public-url-privacy-protected https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8830977/google-photos-sec... Which is from 2015.
  - chaosite 7y ago
    Ah, I see. But, this is a new article about an old issue, not a link to an old article, so it shouldn't get a date in the title. That people keep rediscovering this issue and being surprised by it is says something.
    - asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
      Does it say something, though? If you have hundreds of millions of people using a product, you'll find someone surprised by any given behavior of that product. Combine that with the fact that anything even tangentially related to privacy gets bigtime upvotes on this site, and it's not hard to see how an article like this gets written about a feature that is in fact behaving as most people expect.
      - adamisom 7y ago
        "that is in fact behaving as most people expect" Pretty subjective, what's your sample size? Oh, one? Look ,this is me being equally as dismissive and contrarian, it's not too fun is it.
        asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
        You're entitled to your beliefs and estimations, and I'm not offended by you disagreeing with mine.
      - chaosite 7y ago
        If people keep being being surprised by this and writing articles about it, I think it suggests that the behavior is not being communicated clearly. And I do think that it isn't. It's reasonable behavior, and it might be expected by most people, but I still think that it is not being communicated clearly. I did expect the photos to still be gated behind an auth check, and they're not.
DominikPeters 7y ago
At the very bottom, the author mentions why the issue has become more relevant now: automatic sync between Photos and Drive has been turned off, so you can't workaround anymore by sharing the photo from Drive.

chaosite 7y ago

What does "2017" mean here? It's not the year of the article, it's from today.

Forge36 7y ago
It's not new news, it looks like a rehashed version of this article I found https://www.alexkras.com/do-not-share-your-google-photos/ https://www.alexkras.com/do-not-share-your-google-photos/ Reading that one closer I found https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8830977/google-photos-security-public-url-privacy-protected https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/23/8830977/google-photos-sec... Which is from 2015.
- chaosite 7y ago
  Ah, I see. But, this is a new article about an old issue, not a link to an old article, so it shouldn't get a date in the title. That people keep rediscovering this issue and being surprised by it is says something.
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
    Does it say something, though? If you have hundreds of millions of people using a product, you'll find someone surprised by any given behavior of that product. Combine that with the fact that anything even tangentially related to privacy gets bigtime upvotes on this site, and it's not hard to see how an article like this gets written about a feature that is in fact behaving as most people expect.
    - adamisom 7y ago
      "that is in fact behaving as most people expect" Pretty subjective, what's your sample size? Oh, one? Look ,this is me being equally as dismissive and contrarian, it's not too fun is it.
      - asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
        You're entitled to your beliefs and estimations, and I'm not offended by you disagreeing with mine.
    - chaosite 7y ago
      If people keep being being surprised by this and writing articles about it, I think it suggests that the behavior is not being communicated clearly. And I do think that it isn't. It's reasonable behavior, and it might be expected by most people, but I still think that it is not being communicated clearly. I did expect the photos to still be gated behind an auth check, and they're not.

DominikPeters 7y ago

At the very bottom, the author mentions why the issue has become more relevant now: automatic sync between Photos and Drive has been turned off, so you can't workaround anymore by sharing the photo from Drive.