Facebook Rolling Out New iOS Photo Sync Feature

elicate said:

No thanks.

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Absolutely agree....since when do I need facebook to store all my pics for me?

Its in my account!

im one of the lucky ones that are part of the program, am i going to use it... no. It is not for me but hey, thats my opinion.

Here is what the iOS screen looks like ( i have no idea how to upload any other way)

http://cl.ly/image/2M2W3W3o1o05

no thanks

can you imagine the amount of naked girlfriend pics the Facebook nerds are hoping to salivate over...yeah, marked Private against the general public...but the Facebook nerds get to have their jollies over your pics of your girlfriend. Facebook staff see anything...private or not.

MacRumors said:

The app is very clear that all photos uploaded automatically are marked as private and cannot be viewed by others until specifically shared by the user.

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Sure,

and I have a bridge for sale in Alaska

That will last UNTIL the next time Facebook does another arbitrary privacy settings "update".

Be My Friend

I have a Facebook account under an assumed name. Can I post fake pictures to my fake account?

I don't get many hits from anyone, since they don't know my "cover name"
I wonder if I am taking this privacy thing too far?

Not bad, you have unlimited size and you can see the pics anywhere there is internet. iCloud needs to expand more, same could be said of about all the latest features Apple has been coming out w/ these last 2 years.

Great, now it'll be much easier for me to post screenshots of my lock screen.

Diode said:

Doesn't FB own all images uploaded to them?

Sounds like a bad idea....

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Yes, I believe that's true. This is an exceptionally scary idea.

If I had a decent enough upload speed I would use features like this, probably more with my dropbox, but still. One day

jlgolson said:

You have to opt in.

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for now.

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NO Thank You!! It would be to easy for naked pictures of my smokin hot wife to get out.

Facebook devs should be focusing on making the app not suck on iOS and Android first.

Does facebook own these too? I've been looking for a more autonomous way to pass up my right to privacy.

If the title of this article is "Google Rolling Out New iOS Data Sync Feature - to upload all your browsing activities to Google's server, well the data is private!", what will be your reaction?

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justinfreid said:

Auto uploads to Facebook are inherently better than to iCloud: they're stored permanently with no limit (presumably), they're accessible on any platform, and they're easier to share.
Google+ also has this feature.

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Also they are low-res (instead of full-res in iCloud Photo Stream) and anyone got the link of your photo can probably share it to the world.

Clueless

Now the clueless can sync away their privacy and personal information easily!!!

haruhiko said:

If the title of this article is "Google Rolling Out New iOS Data Sync Feature - to upload all your browsing activities to Google's server, well the data is private!", what will be your reaction?

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Or if it were "Apple rolling out new IOS data sync feature to upload...to Icloud"?

So scary....

Guys, just turn it off on your phones and wait for the many awesome leaked "hacked account" pictures rolling in.

Some excellent material is awaiting us!

Glassed Silver:mac

cerote said:

And there is an option in the ettings on FB to set because it gives FB the rights to use your image for other purposes. It says it is not used yet but being looked into in the future so they added the setting.

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The first thing I did when I got my iPhone was to goto Settings/General/Restrictions/Privacy and set Facebook and Twitter to "Don't allow changes," even while I don't have Facebook or Twitter installed.

I just don't trust them!

MacRumors said:

The app is very clear that all photos uploaded automatically are marked as private and cannot be viewed by others until specifically shared by the user.

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Yeah, sure, until Facebook rolls out the next update that "fixes" that for everyone.

AidenShaw said:

Or if it were "Apple rolling out new IOS data sync feature to upload...to Icloud"?

So scary....

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Face it, most people don't have the same trust issues with Apple that they do with Google -- or Facebook.

Also, what's up with the pedantic capitalization?

Jayse said:

Big fat emphatic NO from me. I trust Facebook even less than i do Google!

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Totally agree. At least Google works in a calcuated fashion and you know what kind of shennanigans to expect. Facebook is like bumbling idiot who inherited a trust fund.

REM314 said:

Google+ was way ahead on this. Too bad no one uses G+ or i'd leave Facebook immediately.

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Google+ has this feature enabled ON by default, and it uploaded all of my (kinda private) photos. I was floored!!! Sounds like Facebook has this featured turned OFF by default, which is the right way.

Regardless, I will never turn on such a feature.

No thanks. I really wish Facebook would just make it easier to manage my existing photos instead of rolling out dumb features like this. The photo management platform is garbage and really needs a complete overhaul. It's such a pain in the ass to organize anything.

Does it work on groups too or just your personal profile?

eagandale4114 said:

No thanks.
May be cool for some but im going to stay away.

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Your avatar is awesome... I wonder how many smashed screens it caused!