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Doesn'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.
Where in the TOS does it allow them to upload photos that the users don't explicitly select?
EDIT: And as others have pointed out, photos are only uploaded after the user has selected a filter and tapped the green check mark, not as soon as they are taken.
Doesn'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.
Privacy concern and trust form a chicken-egg problem. I wish the Stanford-esque brains behind these tech companies had a better grasp on it.
Does anyone know what the sign up slide is about ( http://speakerdeck.com/u/mikeyk/p/secrets-to-lightning-fast-... )? Do they create a user account when you hit the form, then fill it in with your details asynchronously later?
Where in the TOS does it allow them to upload photos that the users don't explicitly select?
The user does explicitly either take the photo inside the Instagram app or select it. Note that the final button that published the photo to the user’s stream is labeled Done, not Upload. They don’t just arbitrarily upload photos from the camera roll or from the camera before the user has tapped the camera shutter button. EDIT: And as others have pointed out, photos are only uploaded after the user has selected a fil…