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Before people start forgetting real-world context here: In the physical world, people can and do take photos with you in it. They then get these developed, and
by jurjenh 15y ago
Before people start forgetting real-world context here:
In the physical world, people can and do take photos with you in it. They then get these developed, and may put them in an album with the people identified.
You would have absolutely no access to this photo unless they choose to share this with you, however that may be. They can also choose to share it with their friends, possibly even form a presentation with it to a certain slice of the public, and you still have no control over this, or even access to it.
This automatic re-sharing is quite the opposite, and I suspect Google did not fully follow the logical consequences through, or purposely chose to subvert the current physical-world situation. I don't like it, I'd rather have new-to-digital features following known physical traditions until there is ample evidence that it may be a good thing to change it.
- dpcan 15y agoThe equivalent to your analogy is the "My Pictures" folder we all have on our private computers. Google is not this. They are a giant corporation letting you store your photos with them for free and they have documented that tagging is sharing.
- kyro 15y agoGoogle's whole goal for G+ is that it's supposed to be modeled after how life really works – circles, hangouts, etc. The picture sharing is not how things go down in the real world. When your aunt has goofy pictures of you at family gatherings, chances are she's showed them to a handful of other individuals without your consent. The pictures are hers and she shares them with her circles, regardless of who's present in those photos. The way Google is handling this seems to go against the ethos of G+.
- chrischen 15y agoThat just seems like a disadvantage of real life that Google+ can improve upon!
- ktsmith 15y agoActually, before Google+ existed Picasa supported the ability to tag people in photos, and manage albums with limited/restricted sharing. So this is a fundamental change to functionality.
- kahawe 15y agoIn the real world I can reject having my picture taken and I can demand it to be deleted (under circumstances) and when I am accidentally on somebody's holiday pictures they have no idea who I am anyway. In the real world, there is no publicly searchable meta-information of my name applied to the pictures you are talking about. Some relatives asking "oh who is that?" is very different than some Nigeria scam "African Prince" looking you up on google+ or suddenly finding a less-than-charming picture of you having become the latest "meme" but no your name is connected to it.