Google Photos
Mar 11, 2020 13:08:06 #
A while ago I noticed some unconnected photos Id taken with a Sony rx100m3 had miraculously turned up in google photos.At the time I didnt use google photos and neither had I downloaded a Sony app which Ive since read can enable you to upload photos via wifi directly from the camera.
There seems to be no logical explanation and its bugging me.
Any ideas from any budding Sherlock Holmes' out there would be greatly appreciated.
There seems to be no logical explanation and its bugging me.
Any ideas from any budding Sherlock Holmes' out there would be greatly appreciated.
Mar 11, 2020 14:48:05 #
juan_uy
Loc: Uruguay
I would guess that you transferred those photos to your cellphone and then Google Photos uploaded them automatically.
Not sure how that would work in iOS. In Android probably the first time a pop-up from Google Photos offered to sync a new folder (where you placed the transferred photos) and you accepted.
As I started my reply....."I would guess".
Not sure how that would work in iOS. In Android probably the first time a pop-up from Google Photos offered to sync a new folder (where you placed the transferred photos) and you accepted.
As I started my reply....."I would guess".
Mar 11, 2020 15:26:03 #
Hi...Nope..........never transferred them to my phone.........although I did have a sony phone at the time I cant think that would have anything to do with it. As I said....its only recently I even knew about google photos.
Mar 11, 2020 15:51:08 #
juan_uy
Loc: Uruguay
alphonso49uk wrote:
Hi...Nope..........never transferred them to my phone.........although I did have a sony phone at the time I cant think that would have anything to do with it. As I said....its only recently I even knew about google photos.
And you didn't use any Sony app to remote control or configure your camera from your cellphone?
Mar 11, 2020 18:27:45 #
No I didnt although Ive just found the play memories app in the camera which ive never used.....maybe it was that although I cant see it
Mar 12, 2020 10:28:48 #
juan_uy
Loc: Uruguay
Sorry, but I can't think of any other reason why those photos appeared in Google Photos.
Hope you get to the bottom of this, please share here if you do :)
Hope you get to the bottom of this, please share here if you do :)
Mar 12, 2020 10:32:17 #
alphonso49uk wrote:
No I didnt although Ive just found the play memories app in the camera which ive never used.....maybe it was that although I cant see it
And you never downloaded them to a computer or uploaded them to social media either? They were only on your camera?
Mar 12, 2020 12:09:55 #
Hi...yes I downloaded them onto my mac as I always do...but that was it. It was just these particular photos that ended up on google photos. Others that I've taken with that camera havnt.
Its a mystery and Ill probably never solve it.
Thanks for your interest anyway
Its a mystery and Ill probably never solve it.
Thanks for your interest anyway
Mar 12, 2020 12:39:24 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
Google's business model is largely theft-based. So Google is constantly experimenting with new methods of infringement, snooping, and theft of intellectual property. That is a general answer; I am not privy to specifics of your situation.
Mar 12, 2020 15:10:30 #
If you have shared the photos with someone else using some messaging app like WhatsApp they could end up on google from the other person's phone. For example my wife and myself sync up our photos to same google photos account. Her phone automatically uploads images from WhatsApp so anything I share with her or with other groups where she is a member ends up in Google
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