If you access Google+ using your Android phone, photos and videos you take are automatically uploaded to Google’s cloud via a new tool called Instant Upload. Don’t worry – photos aren’t shared by default, but are stored on a private Picasa Web folder for future sharing. Instant Upload is a fine idea – for a minority of users – but its enabled by default and may take a lot of new G+ users unaware. To disable Instant Upload, click into the app, Menu > Settings > and at the top of the screen uncheck “Instant Upload.” Like anything else you’d share on G+, photo-sharing is done through circles – chances are you’ll want to be selective and only share certain pictures with certain circles.
Instant Upload? Yes! Err… No! Wait!!
If you access Google+ using your Android phone, photos and videos you take are automatically uploaded to Google’s cloud via a new tool called Instant Upload. Don’t worry – photos aren’t shared by default, but are stored on a private Picasa Web folder for future sharing. Instant Upload is a fine idea – for a minority of users – but its enabled by default and may take a lot of new G+ users unaware.
