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Re:Google refuses to reinstate account after man took medica... by sudhirj on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @02:19AM (#32561081)
Turn off Google's auto upload. The entire photos thing has long been a way to get images to train ML, and since they actively use these images you're not in a position of power here. i.e. you're doing Google a favour by using the auto-upload.

Either find a service that you're paying for, or if you want to trust a big corp maybe go with Apple. Not perfect, but best of the lot from what I can see. All of the logic is on-device, so they're less inclined to peek at your photos. There was a big hubbub a while ago when they tried to do unsafe photo detection on-device, but they backtracked.

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Re:Google refuses to reinstate account after man took medica... by izacus on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @04:29AM (#32562017)
Apple does same exact scanning of iCloud photos and ban iCloud accounts with the same glee as well, so I'm not sure why do you think recommending another megacorp will help the OP (outside of buying into Apples marketing schtick).
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Re:Google refuses to reinstate account after man took medica... by dvzk on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @05:24AM (#32562353)
I disabled iCloud Photos sync some time ago, and even though there are some pain points, it's surprisingly easy to work without it. Just do a manual direct sync every so often. Run borg or bupstash to encrypt and backup the copied photos to any location.
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