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by YouKnowBetter 2850 days ago
Strange... Among all of my google accounts I have checked and NOTHING was automagically shared. My pictures must suck or I did NOT do:

Share a photo On your computer, open Google Maps. In the top left, click Menu Menu and then Your contributions. Choose Photos. Find the photo you’d like to share. In the top right, click More More and then Share.
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arturhoo 2850 days ago
As a counter point, I woke up today to this weird email: https://bit.ly/2wMpPL3

Picture is from 2011 and was originally hosted on Picasa (but I'm pretty certain it was never shared publicly) and I don't have a Google Plus account. If I go to the picture itself on Photos, there's no sharing/privacy controls, so I'd assume it is private.

The wording on the email makes it even worse, as if I had intentionally done something overnight to share them on Maps.

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crottypeter 2850 days ago
Perhaps your google account has been compromised?
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arturhoo 2850 days ago
I can't find any evidence that it has been. I use a long and strong password and have 2-step-verification enabled in my account. I haven't received any new account activity emails and the I don't see anything suspicious on myaccount.google.com

As far as I remember, I've never used Panoramio (as a comment above suggests to be the cause). I'd agree that this seems limited to some specific circumstances.

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