Google photos/video

[lurker96]

I personally love it when a girl advertises and includes a link to an entire drive full of photos and videos. Very helpful in getting a better idea of what she looks like and whether I might be interested.

However - most of us are signed into google in our browser, and when you click on the link there's a running tab at the top of all the people that accessed that folder. Once or twice I've seen the folder be in the girl's real name. But what I really see is the first and last name of every hobbyist in our community.

I won't post a link, because I don't want to advertise for any 1 girl. And I won't post a screen shot because I don't want to out any hobbyist.

But it's a good reminder that we should all be browsing in private/incognito mode. Maybe even using a separate browser like opera/vivaldi. And hopefully everyone is using a VPN (even though OH2 blocks half of the addresses from vpns).

Stay safe friends!

[TinMan]

Yep. I only access through the web interface through a browser in private/incognito mode. I’ve noticed the same when clicking on some women’s google photos file.

[pmdelites]

if you're going to any site where you have an account *and* you dont want people knowing who you are,
then setup & use a fictious acct !!!


i use Brave in regular mode on my tablet, then delete all data when i exit it.
yep, someone could interrupt me, gain control of my tablet, and see where i've browsed, but very low probability.

[haskellham]

I think I might have seen that same ad, there're 565 people with that same google album open when I checked out it

[Greented]

Originally Posted by lurker96

Once or twice I've seen the folder be in the girl's real name. But what I really see is the first and last name of every hobbyist in our community.

I've seen some really sloppy privacy practices from people who swear they're always "totally discrete." It blows my mind when I see a provider who has her Venmo account set to public, not private. WTF? I even warned one that it was a really bad idea, but she wouldn't hear of it. I've seen links to GoFundMe's revealing real names, email addresses with real names. Just mind-boggling stuff. How many times have we seen, "Lost my phone, here's my new number..."? Oh great, whoever found it has access to your contact list now. Perfect!

[214dallas]

For sure, use a separate google account.