Subj : Re: Billions of cherished
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 09:01:00

>  MP>  TIN FOIL HAT ON! -- They want more people putting their digital photos
>  MP> on the cloud so that "they" can more easily access them -- to steal
>  MP> identities or do other nefarious things!   -- Mike

>  MP> Billions of cherished photos at risk; only a third of Americans back up
>  MP> their precious pics to the cloud

> How many of those billion photos are "cherished"?

I had not considered that aspect but that is a good point.  I have a lot of
photos from my earlier years of photography (meaning not digital) that have
probably been lost to time via degradation.  As I have not looked at them
in years they must not be too cherished.

> Kyle Cassidy, a photographer I admire, recommended taking your top 20
> photos and printing them out. If you take one you like, replace one of
> the 20 with it. I used to keep a line of picture wire in my office,
> mounted 4x6 photos on backing paper and hung them on the line. I could
> print them and switch them out at will that way. I miss doing that,
> unfortunately I don't have the wall space any more.

Only 20 would be rough for me.  ;)

> Yeah, doing all sorts of image recognition on photos in the cloud is
> nefarious -- I have photos in Google's cloud, and being able to search
> photos by the names of items in the photos (not text in the photos) is
> both intriguing and frightening.

Indeed.  There are many nefarious uses for that I am sure.


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