Facebook Enables 'Photo Sync' for All iOS Users - Page 2

cowbellallen · Nov 30, 2012, 04:48 PM

Facebook says they own the copyright to all images uploaded to their servers, and that they can share those images with third parties if they ever wanted to.

Wouldn't be surprised if Facebook launches a new 'REAL EX-GIRLFRIENDS' porn site in the near future.

autrefois · Nov 30, 2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by avanpelt

I believe you do explicitly have to give permission. When I launched the Facebook app earlier today, it prompted me to either "Try it" or "Cancel" the new syncing feature. I opted to cancel.

When I go to my profile in the Facebook app and tap Photos, there is now a third tab at the bottom, "Synced". I have to explicitly click the "Sync Photos" button under that tab before the feature is enabled. I suspect you're able to revoke the syncing at any time, but I'm sure Facebook will keep multiple copies of any photo that's previously been uploaded to their servers.

Thank you for explaining your experience, it sounds like I was mistaken then. If this is the case, then that's the way it should be, opt-in. Based on Facebook's description and a couple other posts, it sounded like the feature was on by default.

Xano · Nov 30, 2012, 06:03 PM

Facebook says all the photos will be private. Facebook says lots of things about privacy.
I don't trust them!

Jodles · Nov 30, 2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cowbellallen

Facebook says they own the copyright to all images uploaded to their servers, and that they can share those images with third parties if they ever wanted to.

Wouldn't be surprised if Facebook launches a new 'REAL EX-GIRLFRIENDS' porn site in the near future.

This, still?

""[Y]ou retain the copyright to your content. When you upload your content, you grant us a license to use and display that content.""

Facebook's license ends when you delete your intellectual property.

This article explains it well.
facebook copyright thingie

Morgan359 · Nov 30, 2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cowbellallen

Facebook says they own the copyright to all images uploaded to their servers, and that they can share those images with third parties if they ever wanted to.

Wouldn't be surprised if Facebook launches a new 'REAL EX-GIRLFRIENDS' porn site in the near future.

Really? You area waist of planetary resources if you think that this would ever happen or Facebook would be stupid enough to alienate every user on the site.
the only real threat is from hackers getting on FB servers or accounts to steal them.

extricated · Nov 30, 2012, 08:30 PM

Suck it, facebook.

stickybuns · Nov 30, 2012, 08:57 PM

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Hope this helps those of you who clicked "Sync" in error.

John.B · Nov 30, 2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

Wow, no. For people who are 100% confident that they will never have an embarrassing photo of themselves or any of their friends on their phone, this sounds like a great option.

I am not one of those people.

(Yes, I know Facebook says all the photos will be private. Facebook says lots of things about privacy.)

Don't worry about your photos of yourself. Worry about your friends' photos of you.

TeachMeiOS.com · Nov 30, 2012, 11:06 PM

I will personally not be using this feature with facebook. Whenever you upload a photo to Facebook it becomes the property of facebook. Not sure what it means that they put these automatic uploads in a private album, but I definitely would not trust it. Besides, 2GB would get used up really fast with the hi resolution photos that the iPhones now take.

Dominicanyor · Dec 1, 2012, 12:29 AM

I will pass on this one with Facebook. I don't want all my photos to be available on a private folder on fb at all. People never know what kind of picture their going to take. For those who can't wait for this upgrade have fun with it.

tbrinkma · Dec 1, 2012, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jodles

This, still?

""[Y]ou retain the copyright to your content. When you upload your content, you grant us a license to use and display that content.""

Facebook's license ends when you delete your intellectual property.

This article explains it well.
facebook copyright thingie

Not quite. Facebook's license ends when you delete the content *UNLESS* you or someone else has shared that content. Once that happens, there doesn't appear to be any way for that license to terminate.

Zedcars · Dec 1, 2012, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by stickybuns

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Hope this helps those of you who clicked "Sync" in error.

I don't have the gear icon in step 4. I just have a Sync Photos button with a padlock. Does that mean it is turned off?

John.B · Dec 1, 2012, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kuwxman

Google+ has had this feature for quite awhile now. All pictures are uploaded to a private album. Way to be a follower, facebook.

Nominated for "Ironic Post of the Week."

vmachiel · Dec 1, 2012, 03:23 AM

Just so I got this right, this is opt in right? they won't enable it by default?

theironheath · Dec 1, 2012, 07:20 AM

This is the final push for me to dump facebook once and for all, using it less and less recently as i've been getting increasing concerned with how they treat your data and information as their property, and I really don't like the potential of where this is heading in the future, so I've cancelled my account permanently

thewitt · Dec 1, 2012, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by vmachiel

Just so I got this right, this is opt in right? they won't enable it by default?

Yes, it's opt in

stickybuns · Dec 1, 2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Zedcars

I don't have the gear icon in step 4. I just have a Sync Photos button with a padlock. Does that mean it is turned off?

If it looks like THIS, it's off

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John.B · Dec 1, 2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by vmachiel

Just so I got this right, this is opt in right? they won't enable it by default?

For now. Until the day they implement the next set of sweeping changes that makes this opt-out by default. FB has a tremendously poor track record of doing that sort of thing.

Fukui · Dec 1, 2012, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by gmanist1000

I could see this going very wrong. Good thing it's a private album.

Don’t they state in their terms of use that whatever you upload belongs to them or something? Hmm, private or not, don’t like the idea that they “own” what you do... by default.

camman564 · Dec 1, 2012, 12:48 PM

So any photo I take on my phone is now owned by Facebook?
Where do I sign up?

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Originally Posted by theironheath

This is the final push for me to dump facebook once and for all, using it less and less recently as i've been getting increasing concerned with how they treat your data and information as their property, and I really don't like the potential of where this is heading in the future, so I've cancelled my account permanently

Permanently until you sign in again... because they save your log in just in case you feel inclined to come back

Graig · Dec 1, 2012, 12:54 PM

And Apple approves of this BS ??? Facebook is quite possibly the most harmful service on the internet. I don't use it and never will.

musukosan · Dec 1, 2012, 05:07 PM

Maybe I'm reading too much into the title, but I got a notification on my Android phone to use this too. It's not just limited to iOS users.

TacticalDesire · Dec 1, 2012, 05:17 PM

I just about s*** my pants when G+ did this to me. No way in hell I'm enabling this. I don't use FB much anyway anymore.

ThunderSkunk · Dec 1, 2012, 09:25 PM

Wow, how convenient.

...for them. To own and use any and all photos on your iphone at their discretion.

Just barely on the "questionable" side of seedy.

nsayer · Dec 1, 2012, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanist1000

I could see this going very wrong. Good thing it's a private album.

How does that help? The likelihood of Facebook being hacked is decidedly non-zero.

Nov 30, 2012, 06:03 PM	#28
Xano macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2011	Facebook says all the photos will be private. Facebook says lots of things about privacy. I don't trust them! __________________ MacBook Pro MacBook Air iPod iPhone iPad TV
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Nov 30, 2012, 11:06 PM	#34
TeachMeiOS.com macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Use caution with a feature like this I will personally not be using this feature with facebook. Whenever you upload a photo to Facebook it becomes the property of facebook. Not sure what it means that they put these automatic uploads in a private album, but I definitely would not trust it. Besides, 2GB would get used up really fast with the hi resolution photos that the iPhones now take.
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Dec 1, 2012, 03:23 AM	#39
vmachiel macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Holland	Just so I got this right, this is opt in right? they won't enable it by default? __________________ 2010 MBP, 2.4 GHz i5, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD; 32GB iPhone 4S; 16 GB iPhone 3GS; 32 GB Wifi iPad (3rd gen)
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Dec 1, 2012, 05:07 PM	#47
musukosan macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2008	Maybe I'm reading too much into the title, but I got a notification on my Android phone to use this too. It's not just limited to iOS users. __________________ 2009 27" iMac, i7, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB; 1st Gen AppleTV; 2nd Gen AppleTV
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Nov 30, 2012, 04:48 PM	#26
cowbellallen macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	Facebook says they own the copyright to all images uploaded to their servers, and that they can share those images with third parties if they ever wanted to. Wouldn't be surprised if Facebook launches a new 'REAL EX-GIRLFRIENDS' porn site in the near future.
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Nov 30, 2012, 08:30 PM	#31
extricated macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011	Suck it, facebook.
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Nov 30, 2012, 08:57 PM	#32
stickybuns macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2011	Hope this helps those of you who clicked "Sync" in error.
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Dec 1, 2012, 12:29 AM	#35
Dominicanyor macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2012	I will pass on this one with Facebook. I don't want all my photos to be available on a private folder on fb at all. People never know what kind of picture their going to take. For those who can't wait for this upgrade have fun with it.
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Dec 1, 2012, 07:20 AM	#40
theironheath macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2011	This is the final push for me to dump facebook once and for all, using it less and less recently as i've been getting increasing concerned with how they treat your data and information as their property, and I really don't like the potential of where this is heading in the future, so I've cancelled my account permanently
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Dec 1, 2012, 12:54 PM	#46
Graig macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC	And Apple approves of this BS ??? Facebook is quite possibly the most harmful service on the internet. I don't use it and never will.
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Dec 1, 2012, 05:17 PM	#48
TacticalDesire macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2012	I just about s*** my pants when G+ did this to me. No way in hell I'm enabling this. I don't use FB much anyway anymore.
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Dec 1, 2012, 09:25 PM	#49
ThunderSkunk macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: On da moon.	Wow, how convenient. ...for them. To own and use any and all photos on your iphone at their discretion. Just barely on the "questionable" side of seedy.
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