Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
Chuck, may I have the instructions? I think you do a Public Service by posting them somewhere. Thanks BobH - Original Message - From: Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 1:58:53 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Ashley: Exactly. Most ppl are too trusting. But if they don’t change, there will be NO privacy left for them at all. There’s not much as it is, at least in this country. Chuck From: ashley strutt Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 12:31 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Hi Chuck, 99% of people don't even read the terms and conditions before clicking OK. Think I may have been one of the few who actually realised all my pictures would be uploaded. Picassa now seems to be a part of Google plus which I have disabled on my phone (no auto upload) and won't allow it on my laptop. Basically just use the email. Ashley On 24 Mar 2014 05:06, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying “free samples of Tide detergent’,which WAS a “legit” offer. I have been playing the “free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like “by clicking “agree” you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn’t share with the world, BUT, that should be “MY CHOICE”, not some lawyers lingo and his “terms of service” and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked “I agree” on some “terms of service” on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don’t you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any “up and up” company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten “too big for their britches” and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it’s actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won’t use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the “terms of service” ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it’s just another way of sharing photos, like “Photo bucket” etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don’t want them to be, just write to me and I’ll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you’ll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I’d been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible for this, I would have LOL... Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout . -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit https
Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
Chuck there is a simple setting to use it to back up all of your photos without making them public. In fact it is private by default. Hell my whole Samsung Galaxy S4 is backed up with Google+. You just don't make it available to anyone. Facebook offers the same for pictures and so does several other photo apps. And they all have that setting that backs your files up to the cloud without sharing it publicly. Trust me its a good thing when your phone or hard drive takes a dive one day. Everything is going to the cloud and I mean everything. There won't even be a physical media beyond BluRay. Once BluRay sales start slumping the motion picture studios and music recording studios will stop selling physical media because it is cost prohibitive at that point. Even newspapers and magazines are bracing for the day when they go all digital. It is the consumer's responsibility to make sure they are not giving up their privacy. I know it is frustrating to learn that your photos that you thought were private were out there in the open, but I am sure you had the opportunity to make them private but didn't read through things carefully. I am just glad you didn't have any naked selfies to report. LMAO https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1047281?hl=en On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Bob haerb...@comcast.net wrote: Chuck, may I have the instructions? I think you do a Public Service by posting them somewhere. Thanks BobH -- *From: *Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net *To: *vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Sent: *Monday, March 24, 2014 1:58:53 AM *Subject: *Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Ashley: Exactly. Most ppl are too trusting. But if they don't change, there will be NO privacy left for them at all. There's not much as it is, at least in this country. Chuck *From:* ashley strutt galeforce1...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2014 12:31 AM *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Hi Chuck, 99% of people don't even read the terms and conditions before clicking OK. Think I may have been one of the few who actually realised all my pictures would be uploaded. Picassa now seems to be a part of Google plus which I have disabled on my phone (no auto upload) and won't allow it on my laptop. Basically just use the email. Ashley On 24 Mar 2014 05:06, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying free samples of Tide detergent',which WAS a legit offer. I have been playing the free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like by clicking agree you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn't share with the world, BUT, that should be MY CHOICE, not some lawyers lingo and his terms of service and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked I agree on some terms of service on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don't you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any up and up company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten too big for their britches and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it's actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won't use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the terms of service ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it's just another way of sharing photos, like Photo bucket etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don't want them to be, just write to me and I'll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you'll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I'd been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible
Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
I agree with Bob - post the instructions. af On 3/24/14, 3:22 PM, Chuck Alexander wrote: Bob: Sure. Soon as my wife gets back from town, I'll send you the instructions. I know this is a little off topic, but if ppl are like me, my fishing, and/or tying pics make up about 50% of my photos, and if I want to share them with ppl, that should be up to ME, not Google and/or Picasa. Chuck *From:* Bob mailto:haerb...@comcast.net *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2014 8:40 AM *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Chuck, may I have the instructions? I think you do a Public Service by posting them somewhere. Thanks BobH *From: *Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net *To: *vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Sent: *Monday, March 24, 2014 1:58:53 AM *Subject: *Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Ashley: Exactly. Most ppl are too trusting. But if they don't change, there will be NO privacy left for them at all. There's not much as it is, at least in this country. Chuck *From:* ashley strutt mailto:galeforce1...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2014 12:31 AM *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Hi Chuck, 99% of people don't even read the terms and conditions before clicking OK. Think I may have been one of the few who actually realised all my pictures would be uploaded. Picassa now seems to be a part of Google plus which I have disabled on my phone (no auto upload) and won't allow it on my laptop. Basically just use the email. Ashley On 24 Mar 2014 05:06, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net mailto:chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying free samples of Tide detergent',which WAS a legit offer. I have been playing the free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like by clicking agree you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn't share with the world, BUT, that should be MY CHOICE, not some lawyers lingo and his terms of service and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked I agree on some terms of service on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don't you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any up and up company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten too big for their britches and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it's actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won't use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the terms of service ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it's just another way of sharing photos, like Photo bucket etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don't want them to be, just write to me and I'll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you'll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I'd been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible for this, I would have LOL... Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored
[VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying “free samples of Tide detergent’,which WAS a “legit” offer. I have been playing the “free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like “by clicking “agree” you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn’t share with the world, BUT, that should be “MY CHOICE”, not some lawyers lingo and his “terms of service” and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked “I agree” on some “terms of service” on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don’t you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any “up and up” company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten “too big for their britches” and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it’s actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won’t use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the “terms of service” ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it’s just another way of sharing photos, like “Photo bucket” etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don’t want them to be, just write to me and I’ll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you’ll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I’d been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible for this, I would have LOL... Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
Hi Chuck, 99% of people don't even read the terms and conditions before clicking OK. Think I may have been one of the few who actually realised all my pictures would be uploaded. Picassa now seems to be a part of Google plus which I have disabled on my phone (no auto upload) and won't allow it on my laptop. Basically just use the email. Ashley On 24 Mar 2014 05:06, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying free samples of Tide detergent',which WAS a legit offer. I have been playing the free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like by clicking agree you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn't share with the world, BUT, that should be MY CHOICE, not some lawyers lingo and his terms of service and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked I agree on some terms of service on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don't you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any up and up company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten too big for their britches and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it's actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won't use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the terms of service ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it's just another way of sharing photos, like Photo bucket etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don't want them to be, just write to me and I'll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you'll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I'd been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible for this, I would have LOL... Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!!!!!!
Ashley: Exactly. Most ppl are too trusting. But if they don’t change, there will be NO privacy left for them at all. There’s not much as it is, at least in this country. Chuck From: ashley strutt Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 12:31 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] BEWARE OF PICASSA AND GOOGLE PLUS!! Hi Chuck, 99% of people don't even read the terms and conditions before clicking OK. Think I may have been one of the few who actually realised all my pictures would be uploaded. Picassa now seems to be a part of Google plus which I have disabled on my phone (no auto upload) and won't allow it on my laptop. Basically just use the email. Ashley On 24 Mar 2014 05:06, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net wrote: Folks: Just FYI. If you use Picasa, or Google plus, be aware that every photo on your hard drive might be being shared with the world (or at least anybody else on Google plus). I was looking for fly tying videos on You Tube tonight and a pop up saying “free samples of Tide detergent’,which WAS a “legit” offer. I have been playing the “free sample game: for yrs. But on this one, as I read the Terms of Service and of course in the tiny print it said something like “by clicking “agree” you are agreeing to install picasa and/or Google+. So, I went to Google+ just to check it out, and what did I find??? only 8.3 GIGS of my own pics. Now, none was anything I wouldn’t share with the world, BUT, that should be “MY CHOICE”, not some lawyers lingo and his “terms of service” and tiny print. And even if I inadvertently clicked “I agree” on some “terms of service” on something as innocent as free samples of Tide detergent for example, don’t you think either Picasa, and/or Google+ could have the decency to pop open a whole screen for you to fill in your personal info, click what you did and did NOT want to be shared, like photos etc?? Any “up and up” company would have done so IMHO. I think Google has Gotten “too big for their britches” and my wife has had me using Bing as a search engine for a some time now, and it’s actually a better search engine IMHO anyway... I would still use Google at times, as old habits die hard, but you can bet I won’t use it again unless my life depended on it. How many pp, even if they do read the “terms of service” ACTUALLY understand them fully?? 1% MAYBE??? Come to find out that I guess Google owns Picasa, and it’s just another way of sharing photos, like “Photo bucket” etc. But, at least I was FULLY AWARE when I created myself a Photo Bucket acct. Then, I had to get my wife to UNINSTALL all that junk, and she works for MICROSOFT as a support tech, and even she had to study it for an hour to figure out how to turn it off/delete it. Anyway, if you use either Picasa, and/or Google+ and find out your pics are being shared with the world and don’t want them to be, just write to me and I’ll give you the step by step (because there is ONE step (ie I Agree) to get the program, but MANY steps, which must be taken in the right step by step or you’ll never get rid of it, or at least turn off the photo sharing part of it. I was sooo mad when I found out I’d been tricked, if I could have reached through the screen and choked whoever was/is responsible for this, I would have LOL... Chuck -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http
