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Google the Audacity

Scottie_ukScottie_uk
edited November 2016 in Chit chat
so I have a Nexus 6p phone and I've been taking photos with it over the 9 months I've had it. The other day whilst out to show my son a photo I'd taking of him I clicked on the Google Photos application instead of the usually gallery.

Over the past you days Google has been publishing publicly all the photos I took with it, in addition it has turned related photos into animations and joined my videos together by data added music and uploaded them to google play. I never once opted in to do do this.

Google's liberties are really starting to p!ss me off!!

F*ck me, with this level of invasiveness you'd think Google were a front for the NSA. Imagine if I had taken saucy pictures of the wife, they'd now be accessible.
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  • ÆlitaÆlita
    Scottie_uk wrote: »

    F*ck me, with this level of invasiveness you'd think Google were a front for the NSA.

    They probably are. 1984 eh.

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  • guesserguesser
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    I never once opted in to do do this.

    I bet you did, when you first used it and poked the "stop asking me stupid questions and just let me take a damn photo" button...
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  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    edited November 2016
    Well, I googled The Audacity like you said.
    Turns out they're a wedding band!
    http://www.the-audacity.co.uk
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited November 2016
    a well placed semi colon in the thread title could've avoided confusion there.*

    (*Not to be confused with a well placed semi, in the colon.)
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  • VampyreVampyre
    Same with Google Drive, which could well be where your photos end up. They have full access to use them as they wish as per the T&C's IIRC. My workplace was using it to transfer files with sensitive data until I stopped 'em.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    Scottie_uk wrote: »
    Imagine if I had taken saucy pictures of the wife, they'd now be accessible.
    where?

    *googles scotties sexy wife*
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    No wonder your phone's crap if it only cost 6p...
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  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    My Android phone asked me if I'd like to review a cafe I visited the other week. Nothing really odd about that, except that I never actually used my phone once when I was in there! I'm not sure I like that :(
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    Yeah Bob, its things like that that over step the mark.

    I bet Google knows the route I take to work, and the alternate scenic route and when I'm going to take it.
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  • RetroTechieRetroTechie
    Try Googling :)) "Android privacy settings Google" (without quotes) and go from there.

    Chances are @ some point you clicked "agree to these terms" for some app(s), actually giving permission to share data on your phone with others. And/or: data is being uploaded to Google's servers due to some "sync" function. The latter would be annoying if it were default behavior, but certainly does NOT imply publication in the sense that the rest of the world can enjoy.

    Android devices are linked to a Google account. So some settings/options may be found by logging into Google & check your settings, besides per-app / general settings on your phone.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    IT was Google's Android photo app that did it. Clicked to open, dismissed the popup thingy with pretty much the attitude 'F*ck off. you're just a photo viewer so just show the **** photos'. So II suppose I did it to myself still it nerks me not that they uploaded my photos to some cloud storage but that they made GIF animations and videos from the content.

    I'm thinking, hmm ok nice feature but please let me ask you to do that first before going ahead with it.
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  • RetrobrothersRetrobrothers
    It's just 'stealth' tracking. It's also completely out of order and for me: It should not be a click of accepting terms and agreements - it's something that the user should have to specify.

    I hate this kind of cr@p. We should be controlling our devices and not the other way around.
  • GrunakiGrunaki
    Yeah, feels like they all want access to whatever you're doing 24/7 and they try and get around the glaring invasion of privacy with that "if you have nothing to hide, why do you care?" BS.

    Gmail pulls a little strop if you uncheck the "stay signed in" button, ("for your convenience, keep this checked") and helpfully rechecks it for you if the page refreshes.

    I keep the location tracker off on my phone unless I really need it, and it sulks every time I open Google Maps or a weather app as I'm not getting "the best results".
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited November 2016
    Here is a funny thing. I have a project Fi Android phone (Nexus 5x running Nougat). So essentially Google is my mobile carrier.

    The other night (phone on bedside table) I woke up with a pain in my upper back, and moaned at the wife "You wanted this mattress, its more uncomfortable than the one it replaced. My back is killing me and I can't sleep".

    The next day my vast majority of my youtube and other site advertisements are for beds, mattresses, and pain revilement medicine. Co-incidence?

    I'm surprised I did not get adverts for flatulence reveling aids too.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Maybe your farts are at an octave, or frequency the phishing software cannot pick up....yet? ;)
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  • MorkinMorkin
    It gets worse at Christmas, when you do online shopping for other people's gifts, you end up with loads of pointless ads then...
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