One of the biggest fears many people have when it comes to sharing images online is that those images will somehow be used by someone else for nefarious or commercial reasons. This is a reasonable worry. But offline storage options pose their own problems; capacity, losing a hard drive, a computer crash, a natural disaster – there’s so many things that could cause you to lose your images. Many websites offer web photo album services for free or low-cost. There are a plethora of options. You can make your images public, completely private, or password protected.
If you are still concerned there are a few additional ways to secure your information. Avoid using any information in your image description relating to identity or location. Make sensitive photos private and in a password protected folder. If you’re concerned about the privacy of your children avoid sharing images of their faces or other identifying information. Consider keeping your private, family images on an external hard drive, while sharing those images you are more comfortable having online in your photo galleries.
You might be wondering why use external photo galleries when you can use other online services like Facebook which allows private albums? External websites whose primary service is not photo sharing, have their interests vested in other areas. They can change their algorithms or policies at any time and suddenly that album you had made private might become public. If you’re not paying close attention you might not know until it’s too late. Websites whose business is in serving the public’s need for image hosting are less likely to make changes that could possibly violate the trust they’ve established with their customers. Take care and choose a company that is well trusted to house your most precious memories.
If you are still concerned there are a few additional ways to secure your information. Avoid using any information in your image description relating to identity or location. Make sensitive photos private and in a password protected folder. If you’re concerned about the privacy of your children avoid sharing images of their faces or other identifying information. Consider keeping your private, family images on an external hard drive, while sharing those images you are more comfortable having online in your photo galleries.
You might be wondering why use external photo galleries when you can use other online services like Facebook which allows private albums? External websites whose primary service is not photo sharing, have their interests vested in other areas. They can change their algorithms or policies at any time and suddenly that album you had made private might become public. If you’re not paying close attention you might not know until it’s too late. Websites whose business is in serving the public’s need for image hosting are less likely to make changes that could possibly violate the trust they’ve established with their customers. Take care and choose a company that is well trusted to house your most precious memories.
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