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by smeg 5210 days ago
"The WORST thing is that: G+ app searched all my mobile and ext-sdcard, got all my personal photos stored in mobile, and uploaded them onto the Internet without my permission."

If true, that is pretty disgusting. Especially if it made them publicly viewable, or even just by friends. This kind of thing has to be opt-in.
2 comments
Maxious 5210 days ago
No they are not viewable by anybody except you. Plus he did opt-in on the screen (mentioned in the post) he didn't read properly, here's a screenshot: http://zagg-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/community/blog/wp-content/...

It has a picture of a photo, it has the word upload several times, it tells you it goes to a private album, it tells you it will cost money and it does not do the uploading unless you open the app and press continue (just installing is not enough)

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mdwrigh2 5210 days ago
It isn't true. Literally the first dialog you get when starting the G+ app for the first time asks you if you want to sync current and future images to G+. I believe it's the dialog from the article that said "1. Wifi 2. Wifi+3G 3. Never", which he mentions hitting Wifi+3G without reading what it says.

Also, it uploads all of the things it does sync to a private folder. No one but you can see them until you share them.

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