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 sooooooo 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.
