<div dir="auto"><div>Hi, John. What you're seeing isn't sharing with other people (not even Microsoft employees, through a combination of encryption, access controls, and pinky swears). Microsoft would probably tell you that what you saw is still considered "private to you." Instead, it's software services built into the platform reading the files that you uploaded to them to deliver the memories feature.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 10:05 AM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-382276339615469715WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">I have just started getting messages from onedrive (OneDrive <a href="mailto:photos@onedrive.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">photos@onedrive.com</a>) containing a small group of photos and the message<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="592" height="248" style="width:6.1666in;height:2.5833in" id="m_-382276339615469715_x0000_i1026" src="cid:ii_19a3fcf1e664cff311"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">I thought my onedrive account was private to me. Apparently not.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">When I click on “View all memories” I am asked to log in to Microsoft.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">I went to <a href="http://gemini.ai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gemini.ai</a> and asked about onedrive privacy. Here is a portion of what it responded:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Managing your OneDrive photos' privacy involves controlling sharing permissions and using specific privacy features. Here are the main ways to do so: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">1. Control Sharing Permissions<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">The most direct way to manage privacy is by controlling who has access to your files and folders. <u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Sharing Individual Photos/Folders:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Right-click</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"> on the photo or folder you want to manage.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Select <b>Share</b> or <b>Manage access</b> [1].<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">In the sharing dialogue, you can:<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">See who currently has access [1].<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Stop sharing entirely.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Change permissions from "can edit" to "can view" (read-only).<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Remove specific users [1].<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Set an expiration date for the shared link [1].<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Set a password for the link (with a Microsoft 365 subscription) [1].<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></ul></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford+MA?entry=gmail&source=g">13 Hawthorne Lane</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford+MA?entry=gmail&source=g">Bedford MA</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img border="0" width="124" height="115" style="width:1.2916in;height:1.1927in" id="m_-382276339615469715Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_19a3fcf1e665b16b22"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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