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Today I noticed a photo I don't recognize taken on December 26 2011 in my photostream. I am the only one with access to my devices. Has any one experienced or heard of occasional glitches with Icloud so that people's files get mixed up? I find this worrisome as I wouldn't my files to appear on someone else's device.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jan 22, 2012 8:29 AM

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Apr 13, 2017 12:51 AM in response to christine50

Well I just recently switched to t mobile and I switched my old phone in to get the 7 and I asked to rep helping me if he could transfer all my pics to my new phone. But when I got my phone back I also got a whole bunch of x related pics that belong to someone else and now even after having my phone for over 2 months I still get pop ups of nasty pics:/

Mar 25, 2012 12:34 AM in response to John kullmann

I have 4 pictures in my photostream not from any of my idevices. In a strange resolution 800x479. Some girl taking pictures of here new shoes. Not much exif info, no location data. Weird...


---- update:

Oops fixed. It's saved pictures from a Whatsapp conversation of my wife. (the strange girl is my sister in law 😁)


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Aug 23, 2012 8:50 PM in response to christine50

I large number of photos, over 250, just appeared today in my photo stream. They are of people we don't know, some kids taking pictures of themselves making weir faces. The image numbering doesn't match my iPhone, iPad, or any of my devices. I haven't lost any devices, so this is a big mistery. I'm an IT professional, and I haven't misplaced my ID, and I use an ultra-secure password.

Sep 20, 2012 9:17 PM in response to Pablo Borjas

Being an IT professional have you ever helped to settup someone else iPhone or iPad, by installing Apps from your account? In this case if you forgot to sign out from iCloud in Settings, the owner of this device at some moment maybe accidentaly enabled photostream and you have got his photos. Even more embarrassing that he is seeing your photostream 😟 .

Sep 20, 2012 9:26 PM in response to christine50

I also have several strange photos that appeared in my iphone 4.0 camera roll for as long as I have the phone. I ignored the first incidence but unfortunately the frequency of these 'stray' pictures seems to be increasing now. One picture clearly shows a train station in China or Taiwan (no coordinates). The latest picture actually has GPS coordinates located in China. I have never been to China, never lost a device or let someone else use my phone or computer, no kids. I agree with EditorKate and think this could be a HUGE security issue. I am not sure what to do - delete all the apps?

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