Loving Google Photos So Much I'm Thinking of Making it a Mix Tape

Sandy Padula and Norm Padula, JD, GRI agree with you on the privacy stuff. I keep a terabyte server and backup as well for private files. The family photos are best kept off of Picasa and google+ unless one knows how to keep them private. But. as anything we use on the net can be hacked I sort of gave up on pretending anything shared with icloud, google, dropbox and the rest can't show up in the public. So- as there are two disclaimers in the above post- if anyone pays for a service to do the same and is aware of privacy issues- this is the freebie.

Bob "RealMan" Timm I agree. Google search is so bought that it's no longer my preferred search engine. I prefer privacy searches. Another thing- any site that uses cookies as a condition of search is gathering info.

James Dray I'm not holding my breath that Apple will actually build a search engine. They do have a search interface called Spotlight- which has been around for a while (it's not an internet search engine as much as it is a device search) but some, such as Motley Fool, write that Apple is very unlikely to become an actual search provider. This would require taking the interface and making it an engine- which I doubt they'd find a monetary reason to pursue. After all- they have their iAd platform which monetizes search. I tend to use Bing for search, as it appears to bring better results for me. And, this is the same search that Apple's Spotlight uses. It's a bit of an anti-google search engine but, like pretty much any search engine- has it's own magnetization format. So- if you use spotlight for search, currently your data belongs to Apple and Microsoft. And I have nothing against that. Search engines are not cheap to operate and we shouldn't expect providers to offer this without something in return for them.

For the privacy concerned- duckduckgo is a search engine that many use to keep their searches private. They bill themselves as the search engine that doesn't track you. Apple let's you choose this search engine from their list, as do the other competing browsers. Note: Though duckduckgo will search with better privacy, it too is ad supported with revenue generated from a yahoo-bing alliance.

So. For now- if you search, ads will find you.

When you're on the internet- you are a part of a very public network.

Susan Mangigian you're the first to comment that you're fine with free storage. I didn't realize we were so few in numbers. It's actually pretty easy to set up so I think you would have very little trouble.

Rene Fabre It's just so much easier living life that way. For those who think they have privacy it can be eye-opening to see how exposed we are. Still, we are one of billions of others on the net. If anything, I'd like more exposure so that I can connect with people with whom I can have my next great business relationship.

Yes Bob Crane they have so many tools that it's hard to keep track of them all.