tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post6702405971054235003..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Picasa Web Users, Forced to Link Their Google ProfilesAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-24688142066862872632012-05-03T14:43:04.387-07:002012-05-03T14:43:04.387-07:00I can't find this anymore...Did they remove it...I can't find this anymore...Did they remove it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-82826064723417316452012-01-19T08:36:22.211-08:002012-01-19T08:36:22.211-08:00...But, more specifically this paternalism; this c......But, more specifically this paternalism; this condescending attitude, is EXACTLY what I find super annoying and despicable. I had created an eclectic blog with photos of my choosing and my own illustrations, with up-dated and or renewed comments (postings), genealogy, history, expressing my particular world-view. I was satisfied with my viewer-hits, but planning a promo blitz. I am old enough to decide for myself my relation to "social networks." I despise the idea of corporados thinking for me. LinkedIn does the same thing to me--linking me to several people to whom I'd merely sent a "get it together", or a "get lost" message--all so very f#ckt. I can do my own networking, plus I despise sales-pitches, and never do them, instead I create shit that people can't do without. I am not new to publishing, and I know my market.Antonio Perales del Hierrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384643842834303366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-77978191888783560202012-01-13T22:40:16.717-08:002012-01-13T22:40:16.717-08:00Google+ is o.k., but I intend to live without it--...Google+ is o.k., but I intend to live without it--what burns me up is the automatic "sharing" of my Picasa/blog (Blogger) pictures and posts with Google+--I do not want my stuff out of it's original context. Plus, I now cannot add pictures to my Picasa album, and consequently my blog, nearing 2000 viewer hits is static. That IS a serious burn! Can I renew access to it? Or can I open a new Picasa web album and move my captioned albums and pictures to it?Antonio Perales del Hierrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384643842834303366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-90155826567344026392011-07-26T00:16:39.638-07:002011-07-26T00:16:39.638-07:00The involuntary public Picasa profile is a major p...The involuntary public Picasa profile is a major pitfall of G+! <br /><br />I am an eager fan of G+ but having a public Picasa profile figuring in top on Google searches in my name that is something I haven't asked for and REALLY do NOT want.<br /><br />I know I can make albums private but that is not the point. The point is that I don't want a public photo profile, period. Also my G+ profile photo and scrap book photos (the handsome 5-photos row on my G+ about page) displays on my public Picasa profile (which I JUST WANT TO GET RID OF! PLEASE!). <br /><br />I am very surprised that Google doesn't understand online privacy better (it is about CONTEXT... how hard can it be) and it undermines my confidence in Google's ability to manage a social network. Buzz failed due to major privacy blunders... what did Google learn?Annahttp://mados.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-15929327931996714872011-05-25T06:28:18.059-07:002011-05-25T06:28:18.059-07:00Totally agree with everyone enraged by this arm tw...Totally agree with everyone enraged by this arm twisting from google! Whoever wants to be "profiled" and tagged - go sign on facebook or implant a GPS chip in your brain! And you can happily bah ever after.<br />All people wanted from picasa was to share a couple of pics. We don't need the friggin social netowrking of it all. Our social networks are real, not virtual. And we don't want to be "liked", catalogued, be-friended, farmed, finger-printed and all that krapp. <br /><br />Flickr it is...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-25729413009584750952011-04-09T21:43:55.850-07:002011-04-09T21:43:55.850-07:00Just got the info that I have to delete my profile...Just got the info that I have to delete my profile if I don't want to make it public. WTF? I use gmail for personal mail and Picasa for a portfolio that I don't want public. Period. As stated above, if this continues to be their policy, I will have to move to Flickr or some other pic host. Cheeky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-29272654695677516112011-01-10T07:49:47.664-08:002011-01-10T07:49:47.664-08:00To quote another: "I don't want a public ...To quote another: "I don't want a public "Google Profile""... "I don't even know what a "Google Profile" is."<br /><br />I use Gmail for my private email. I use Picasa to show friends my photos (privately). There is no reason for me to want to link these 2 activities any closer than they already are.<br /><br />I do not want to join an online social network. I don't care about tagging or commenting.<br /><br />Surely this should be opt in, rather than compulsory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-9364396966099226592011-01-05T15:15:18.594-08:002011-01-05T15:15:18.594-08:00I'm with others who simply don't want this...I'm with others who simply don't want this imposed loss of privacy, however small. I'm just not interested in having any sort of public profile, and frankly I can't be bothered to go to any trouble to try make my unwanted profile anonymous. When a service that I'm paying for tries to dictate to me, I leave.Halnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-32654181171141751682011-01-02T19:20:00.961-08:002011-01-02T19:20:00.961-08:00Fucks sakes Google!! I was a happily paying Picas...Fucks sakes Google!! I was a happily paying Picasa Web customer for years. Here's a tip: Some people DON'T WANT to be more "visible". Privacy is a top concern (no I'm not on Facebook) and suddenly now I can't share my photo albums unless I have a public Google profile? To hell with that. That was just enough motivation to make me switch to Flickr, which I have done today, and delete my Picasa Web albums. Will not renew membership, obviously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-68159612886769067112010-12-28T00:03:08.018-08:002010-12-28T00:03:08.018-08:00Why do we constantly have to be nagged to do somet...Why do we constantly have to be nagged to do something we simply don't want to do? I can't access my own photos without yet another box forcing me to find the x (sometimes it doesn't show up) to close. Why can't companies with so many users simply add on opt-out? More to the point, why do they feel the need to pretend concerns about privacy are not worth recognising? I happen to be a teacher and the last thing I want is students accessing photos. Thankfully I'm not in China anymore or else I could get into serious trouble with the photos that appear from my anti-regime blog. And then where does it end? Will I be unable to read the NY Times without more links to Google or Blogger getting in the way a la Facebook?Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-26954712040917662972010-12-26T12:02:06.877-08:002010-12-26T12:02:06.877-08:00So how to link it anyway?So how to link it anyway?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438733310777965926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-24843799301001705902010-12-26T12:01:23.200-08:002010-12-26T12:01:23.200-08:00I try to share my Christmas pictures today on pica...I try to share my Christmas pictures today on picasaweb, and was denied. How do I link google profile with picasaweb???<br />RomanMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12438733310777965926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-81363684041193016652010-12-23T21:38:43.493-08:002010-12-23T21:38:43.493-08:00There are too much options and sites to the list. ...There are too much options and sites to the list. I'll just focus on Picasa - Google and Flickr - Yahoo.iPhone Application Bloghttp://www.mobilecubix.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63789064631454809632010-12-22T13:34:08.104-08:002010-12-22T13:34:08.104-08:00During the transfer to a new Google account, all p...During the transfer to a new Google account, all photos, comments, favorites and fans will not be lost by that transfer.<br /><br />https://sites.google.com/site/picasaresources/faq/together_at_last_profileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-26983873353857696492010-12-21T18:05:29.864-08:002010-12-21T18:05:29.864-08:00If you go to one of your web albums, in the right ...If you go to one of your web albums, in the right hand margin, you can click "Link to this album" which opens the "Paste link in email or IM<br />" field with the link address that would normally be shared when you hit "Share". So just copy and paste that into an email and send to your friends to share the old way. I too will not create a public profile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-39314075983772799162010-12-21T06:59:10.275-08:002010-12-21T06:59:10.275-08:00I haven't tried transferring photos to a diffe...I haven't tried transferring photos to a different account, but this doesn't preserve your URLs. I don't know if Google will also transfer comments. <br />http://software-para-colegios.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-15517037698977192222010-12-20T11:15:06.633-08:002010-12-20T11:15:06.633-08:00From what I've been forced to try to understan...From what I've been forced to try to understand, it will be possible to maintain an almost-as-private account, with the unwanted addition of a profile with a bare minimum of information attached. It's only galling to have to try to think about the impact on my privacy because of something I was never given an option of saying no to.<br /><br />Not great on the day when Google have eventually been found to have surrendered all of the Street View info they took illegally.Iainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28403272516088507832010-12-20T07:45:12.874-08:002010-12-20T07:45:12.874-08:00@guillaume:
I haven't tried transferring phot...@guillaume:<br /><br />I haven't tried transferring photos to a different account, but this doesn't preserve your URLs. I don't know if Google will also transfer comments.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-11600773216208708092010-12-20T06:29:37.437-08:002010-12-20T06:29:37.437-08:00update, update and go on google to update \mupdate, update and go on google to update <b>\m</b>Beben Kobenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754225607191914278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85279592014136786892010-12-20T02:52:11.238-08:002010-12-20T02:52:11.238-08:00Do you know if transferring photos to a new google...Do you know if transferring photos to a new google profile will include comments as well, and keep the url as it is today ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178310465271864380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-26117347101767046112010-12-19T10:42:36.764-08:002010-12-19T10:42:36.764-08:00I love how Google uses phrases like "Together...I love how Google uses phrases like "Together at last!", like it's something people have been clamoring for. Well, not me.<br /><br />As you said, "Google tries to make Picasa Web Albums a little more social," and that's the problem, it's trying too hard to be more sociable and that battle has been lost to Facebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-36532810425859657262010-12-19T09:52:15.490-08:002010-12-19T09:52:15.490-08:00I think Google should try to understand privacy is...I think Google should try to understand privacy issues.People have much hope from Google in this regard.Pankaj Sharmahttp://thetechbytes.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-72439404363981140912010-12-19T05:03:52.738-08:002010-12-19T05:03:52.738-08:00This is obviously a privacy issu.
Google sucks, ev...This is obviously a privacy issu.<br />Google sucks, even more that Facebook, in privacy issus.<br />Google "+1" will downgrade Google to "-1"...Bobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-45460883324264022372010-12-18T23:12:34.309-08:002010-12-18T23:12:34.309-08:00I that for a security reason?I that for a security reason?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678063274899039302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-84289072508239864912010-12-18T22:52:35.956-08:002010-12-18T22:52:35.956-08:00Well, there are some privacy issues:
- if you use ...Well, there are some privacy issues:<br />- if you use Buzz, you have to add your first and last name (not just a nickname) and the profile will be indexed by Google<br />- if you use Buzz, all your public messages are included on your profile<br />- anyone who knows your profile URL will be able to find the address of your Picasa Web Albums gallery (public albums)<br />- if you don't like to use the big number (Google Profiles ID) in your Picasa Web URL, the only other option is to use your Gmail username. Until now, you could add an alternate username.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.com