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Share your favorite memories with family and friends, without relying on Big Tech.
Immich Teams Up to Innovate Privacy-First Photo Storage
Joining forces with FUTO, Immich boosts its anti-centralization mission, promising enhanced privacy features and an upcoming cloud-hosted option in the battle against Google Photos.
Israel Deploys Facial Recognition Program, Utilizes Google Photos, in Gaza
Surveillance of citizens lacks consent, risks misidentifying individuals as militants.
Google Develops Technology That Can Detect People In Photos Without Seeing Their Face
People can now be detected in other ways.
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Google Photos is working on feature that allows users to flag “misleading” shared albums
If Google deems your shared album to be misleading, your access to Google products could be terminated.
These Google Photos alternatives give you more privacy
Google’s AI allows it to scan your images for recognition of faces, brands, locations, and preferences, and subsequently target ads and other information towards you.
A Google Photos bug exposed user locations on the web
Imperva security researcher Ron Masas’ proof-of-concept showed that the photos’ metadata could be discovered by taking advantage of the flaw.