I did not see any option to change this default behavior. If you are not happy about it, please make sure to let Google know. Second, I think that this is a lazy design. I know some people might have very private photos stored on Google Photos (I do). What to do nextįirst, I would like to raise awareness about this issue. In other words, sharing an album on Google Photos, makes it accessible to anyone with a link.
GOOGLE PHOTO PRIVACY DRIVER
In Google Driver there are two options to share:
I never realized that the sharing behavior was so different between Google Drive and Google Photos. I got all my family members to switch to Google Photos to back up and organize their ever growing digital collections. I am a big fan of Google Drive and Google Photos. All it would take for some strangers to get access to my private photos, is for one of my relatives to share this link by mistake. It was pointed out that this link is REALLY HARD to guess. In comparison, when user email is specified in Google Drive, only logged-in users with matching emails will be able to access the data. It should only be done with content that you would not mind being accessible to the public. Sharing Google Photo album, is like sharing a password with other users. The only security measure is that the photo or album link is hard to guess. Turns out EVERY photo shared in Google Photos becomes Public by default.
I copied a link to a random photo and opened it in a Private Tab to investigate. This morning my mother asked me: “Can you make sure my Google Photos are not public?” I thought she was wrong (come on, mom) and that they were all private. You can test Google Drive behavior by visiting this link.
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