On Jan 12, 1:07 am, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Steve R <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > At 3:56 PM -0800 1/11/09, [email protected] posted:
> >> Just when I finally decided to use IPhoto to sort through our 50,000
> >> images (five different libraries since iPhoto gets strange when it
> >> refers to over 20,000 or so) Google releases Picasa for Mac. It is
> >> pretty cool for a lot of reasons. And it isn't bothered by the large
> >> number of images.
>
> >> But the current Beta version seems a little buggy to me and I wonder
> >> if anyone else has seen this. [...]
>
> >> Any ideas?
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Current security issues regarding social networking sites and online
> storgage mean that any family pictures that you put out on the net are
> rather easily accessed by anyone with a will to do so. You may want to
> reconsider any online storage options in light of this.
>
> What would your photos reveal about your family and lifestyle that you
> may not want hackers learning?
>
> A web security expert recently interviewed by CPU magazine claimed
> that anything, for example, linked to in Facebook or Myspace is
> unguarded and open to anyone who knows the method and has a reason to
> look. He demonstrated this at the Black Hat Conference.
>
> Picasa and other such methods are often linked to and or vulnerable
> to similar attacks.
>
> YMMV, pay your money and take your chance. What do you have to lose?
I agree about these risks, but Picasa does not need to work on line.
In fact, in the diallup world we still live in here, working on line
would be impossibly slow. Even in a broadband situation, I don't
think Picasa uploads anything without being asked to. I use Little
Snitch to avoid unwanted uploads, and it would let me know.
One advantage of Picasa is that it leaves your photo files in place
and just links to them. It can automatically scan selected
directories for new entries, which is sweet. Old versions of iPhoto
had to copy all your files into its libraries, which either doubled
disk storage space or required you to delete the originals. That's
why I never liked it. Now you can select an option (in the Advanced
tab of Preferences) that leaves files in place. (But you still have to
ask it to import new pix.) Since both programs simply link to photos,
there is no problem using both Picasa and iPhoto on the same batch of
pictures. Which is what I am doing until Picasa starts to work
properly.
Rich
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