Android OS update uses Google plus photos? - GoFuckYourself.com

slapass · 04-20-2012, 05:52 AM

I called an older friend and he wanted to know why a photo came up with me and my wife on his phone. He was on an android. I did not see it and I don't know anyone with an android but it sounded like my google plus photo. anyone confirm?

ottopottomouse · 04-20-2012, 06:24 AM

Yes. It fetched some profile pictures into my phone and I went through with my brother looking for where the picture it had fort him was pulled from and it was a google one.

candyflip · 04-20-2012, 06:29 AM

Android phones will pull photos from Google+ or Facebook to use for photos in the Contacts app.

CyberHustler · 04-20-2012, 06:34 AM

Android scared the fuck out of me. I just got one a few weeks ago for the first time. I started fucking with it, and all of a sudden contacts that I haven't contacted in years showed up on my contact list. People that died long ago, old weed connects from other states...

candyflip · 04-20-2012, 06:54 AM

If you have a ton of Facebook friends and don't choose otherwise, it will import them all as contacts.

d-null · 04-20-2012, 09:32 AM

it's not just android, google does that with all their email etc

it is fucked up because if you emailed someone once even 5 years ago all of the sudden it might show up as a suggested "friend" or connection

Sly · 04-20-2012, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by d-null

it's not just android, google does that with all their email etc

it is fucked up because if you emailed someone once even 5 years ago all of the sudden it might show up as a suggested "friend" or connection

I'm waiting for this to start linking all sorts of weird criminal connections to completely innocent people that had a random contact.

My e-mail is full of people that I would never talk to more than once. Craigslist, eBay, Amazon?

KillerK · 04-20-2012, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

I'm waiting for this to start linking all sorts of weird criminal connections to completely innocent people that had a random contact.

My e-mail is full of people that I would never talk to more than once. Craigslist, eBay, Amazon?

Wait till it gets used against you for a job, or home loan or something.

seeandsee · 04-20-2012, 10:02 AM

Android is spying my ass i bet, and using that info for god knows what shit

d-null · 04-20-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerK

Wait till it gets used against you for a job, or home loan or something.

or if 20 years from now your kid or your brother's kid tries to run for congress or something and the media gets a hold of the fact that his uncle ran porn websites

04-20-2012, 05:52 AM	#1
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,627	Android OS update uses Google plus photos? I called an older friend and he wanted to know why a photo came up with me and my wife on his phone. He was on an android. I did not see it and I don't know anyone with an android but it sounded like my google plus photo. anyone confirm?

04-20-2012, 06:24 AM	#2
ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	Yes. It fetched some profile pictures into my phone and I went through with my brother looking for where the picture it had fort him was pulled from and it was a google one. __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101

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candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,052	Android phones will pull photos from Google+ or Facebook to use for photos in the Contacts app. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

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candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,052	If you have a ton of Facebook friends and don't choose otherwise, it will import them all as contacts. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

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04-20-2012, 06:34 AM	#4
CyberHustler So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25,214	Android scared the fuck out of me. I just got one a few weeks ago for the first time. I started fucking with it, and all of a sudden contacts that I haven't contacted in years showed up on my contact list. People that died long ago, old weed connects from other states...

04-20-2012, 09:32 AM	#6
d-null . . . Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 13,724	it's not just android, google does that with all their email etc it is fucked up because if you emailed someone once even 5 years ago all of the sudden it might show up as a suggested "friend" or connection