I have loaded some of the private photos to my Google photos. Are pictures uploaded to Google Photos private or can they be accessed by others?
If so what are the possible ways for others to access my Google photos uploaded. Are Google photos completely private?
Are pictures uploaded to Google Photos private or can they be accessed by others? No photos uploaded to Google cannot be viewed by anyone, until and unless you allow them.
Photos uploaded to Google photos completely private. And they are encrypted, so you no need to worry about hacking or something. But as you asked a serious question like can anyone access them.
Can anyone access your Google photos:
1) yes there are absolutely 10 of someone can access your Google photos but it’s just because of the mistakes you make.
2) for example if you log into your Gmail account on your laptop and you didn’t sign out.
3) In this case if someone browse through photos.google.com, As Gmail is already signed in it will directly shows all your photos to a person.
4) Another possibility would be, if someone access your phone and if there is no app lock on your Google photos app is public. Then the other person can access your Google photos which may be private.
5) keep app lock for Google photos, or hide photos app.
6) use two step authentication security for Gmail so that no one can access your Google photos.
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