Why should we ? Google+ does it, Apple does it, Dropbox does it. I've disabled this feature on all of them, but this is hardly new. It's obvious now that socia

Why should we ? Google+ does it, Apple does it, Dropbox does it. I've disabled this feature on all of them, but this is hardly new. It's obvious now that social networks have moved past micro-blogging & articles. Pictures are the new focal point of sharing. They're all angling to make their apps more sticky by lowering the friction of photo sharing. As long as they provide commonsensical & easy to understand privacy controls & a way to download all your data, I'm fine with it. I can even accept the argument that it's a nice convenience to have, phones get stolen, devices are starved for local storage, sensors are getting bigger & so is the data they generate. The problem is, & it's a HUGE one, is an account is a password away from being hijacked. People better educate themselves about security (two step auth) & be careful what they upload.