Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos
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Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos
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#2Doesn't that mean they actually start grabbing the photos before really getting permission from the user?
Surely they probably got it covered in the Terms, but it still strikes me as playing slightly dirty..
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#3So Instagram has photos I don't click "upload" on. Well that's nice to know.
Edit: So I tried to use a proxy on my phone but it looks like Instragram on Android doesn't honour the wireless proxy server. Anyone else want to do some digging?
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#4Where in the TOS does it allow them to upload photos that the users don't explicitly select?
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#5A little devil's avocate: Isn't Instagram primarily a photo sharing app? I'm not sure why people are complaining that it starts the upload on filter completion.
My only question is how long are photos not marked as user initiated uploads kept?
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#6Where in the TOS does it allow them to upload photos that the users don't explicitly select?
I just had a skim through and I can't see anything under T&S nor in the Privacy Policy.
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#7A little devil's avocate: Isn't Instagram primarily a photo sharing app? I'm not sure why people are complaining that it starts the upload on filter completion. My only question is how long are photos not marked as user initiated uploads kept?
True. But there's a disconnect between the common person's understanding of the process and what's happening. It matters because it's user content.
As for the deletion, who knows. They could say anything and the users would have no way to tell unless they slip up.
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#8Why is Speakerdeck polluting my back history? :(
Re: Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos
#9So Instagram has photos I don't click "upload" on. Well that's nice to know. Edit: So I tried to use a proxy on my phone but it looks like Instragram on Android doesn't honour the wireless proxy server. Anyone else want to do some digging?
If you don't select upload then they can either stop the process if the photo hasn't been uploaded yet OR if its complete then they can send a signal and delete a photo.
But yeah its waste of bandwidth for the user if he decides against uploading the photo.
Re: Why Instagram is so fast at uploading photos
#10Doesn't that mean they actually start grabbing the photos before really getting permission from the user? Surely they probably got it covered in the Terms, but it still strikes me as playing slightly dirty..
Playing the Devil's advocate (IANOCoder), but perhaps the bulk of the 1s&0s are being uploaded and then decrypted by sending a small string when the user selects "publish"?
Probably not.