Photobucket Privacy Settings
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I'm not sure the term 'hacked' is accurate, David. That implies someone used inappropriate means to access your pictures. If you failed to use the privacy settings, you left it wide open for all comers to access your library. It is, therefore, not illegal or a breach of security for someone to do that.
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I only have what I've upload onto here so not that bothered but how do you set it correctly?
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I think that there are probably a few people including me that are not that computer savvy ,and can just about get by , and don't always make sure they have the right settings or even know how to set these setting , I think I have set them ,but I don't think
there is anything on there that would be embarrassing
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I think that there are probably a few people including me that are not that computer savvy ,and can just about get by , and don't always make sure they have the right settings or even know how to set these setting , I think I have set them ,but I don't think
there is anything on there that would be embarrassingWell if pics of you rolling round on your back and having your tummy tickled aren't embarrassing, I don't know what is!
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I'm not sure the term 'hacked' is accurate, David. That implies someone used inappropriate means to access your pictures. If you failed to use the privacy settings, you left it wide open for all comers to access your library. It is, therefore, not illegal
or a breach of security for someone to do that.I am not going to discuss this any further as it is the subject of a complaint.
Fine. I wasn't entering a debate but felt the incorrect use of a word should be highlighted. There's nothing further to discuss and I'm sure people will be glad to learn from your oversight.
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thank you!
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I take it P/Bucket is like F/Book, you set either for private or public. If it ain't private then anyone can have access. I'm glad I use neither, if I did I'd do some serious research first.
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I take it P/Bucket is like F/Book, you set either for private or public. If it ain't private then anyone can have access. I'm glad I use neither, if I did I'd do some serious research first.
No idea about Face book, but Photobucket has the option to make public what ever folder you want ...... the only pictures you can look through of mine are those which are linked to on other forums anyway
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I take it P/Bucket is like F/Book, you set either for private or public. If it ain't private then anyone can have access. I'm glad I use neither, if I did I'd do some serious research first.
No idea about Face book, but Photobucket has the option to make public what ever folder you want ...... the only pictures you can look through of mine are those which are linked to on other forums anyway
This website Photobucket has been used by most here myself included as a receptacle for pictured that can be linked to postings after being suitably resized, unfortunately the default privacy settings give free access . Its not that anyone has gone out of
their way to make their photo collections public but they and me included, have not dug deep enough to find the options to keep people out..Now we know betterEvery day is a school day, it's lucky for you that you found out before someone was able to use the access for nefarious deeds
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You are welcome to look at anything I have put on Photobucket. I note that Google has already helped itself.
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I was just reading about Photobucket and some of it is worrying. Even with the privacy setting engaged it sounds very iffy to me. If it's read carefully you discover all sorts of ways albums can be accessed. Look at Fuskering!
My conclusion is that I, personally, wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.
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It is the main reason I am not interested in posting photos at the moment. As soon as you upload anything to this sort of site the contents are at risk. The levels of security are just not good enough. When the CC sorts out the site to allow copy and pasting direct from my photo album I will be happy to post photo's.
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It is the main reason I am not interested in posting photos at the moment. As soon as you upload anything to this sort of site the contents are at risk. The levels of security are just not good enough. When the CC sorts out the site to allow copy and pasting
direct from my photo album I will be happy to post photo's.Even then they can be lifted, Steve. We always need to take care and be responsible for our own security. We can't assume that third parties will do it for us.
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Does anyone know if Picasa is any different?
I know it is being taken over by Google and that does not inspire me with confidence.
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I find Google very intrusive, Nevers. Try searching for Picasa privacy and see what comes up.
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Does anyone know if Picasa is any different?
I know it is being taken over by Google and that does not inspire me with confidence.
We use Picasa and it has several levels of privacy, and editing rights. These range from Public through 'anyone who has a link' to private. Picasa is no longer available and has been superceded by 'Google Photos'. We are still using Picasa although we can also view the same photos in Google Photos. While we can paste photos on to CT from Picasa, the same procedure doesn't seem to work for GP. Here's an example from Picasa - it's part of an Album which we've set to 'Public'.
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