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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
I have today discovered four photos in my photostream which have appeared in amongst my photos, which are ABSOLUTELY NOT MINE. They are of a child I don't know in their house with a family I don't know. This is a massive security issue and I want some answers from Apple. If I am getting other peoples photos then someone may be getting mine.
I have today discovered four photos in my photostream which have appeared in amongst my photos, which are ABSOLUTELY NOT MINE. They are of a child I don't know in their house with a family I don't know. This is a massive security issue and I want some answers from Apple. If I am getting other peoples photos then someone may be getting mine.
The only posts I read having to do with "strange" pictures showing up in photo stream ended up being an issue with another family member using the same icloud ID in their device.
Hi, in any event I would change my Password's..
Check you iPhones/iPads it could be a rogue picture you have taken without realizing!.. it does happen.
Use the exif info for location & time etc...
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Unfortunately there is no exif information on the photo. It's a photo taken in someone else's living room, but I don't recognize the room at all. I guess I'll just have to live with the mystery. I will change my passwords.
This has just happened to me! Very worrying. Three photos of someone in their bedroom. ***???
this is definitely not some picture that I may have taken somehow by chance or by mistake, this is someone else's pictures.
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 đ)
Message was edited by: ErwinH
I had my mac stolen a couple of years ago and I'm wondering if I've now found its location. Perhaps these photos are coming from my stolen mac. It'd be interesting to see if others who've had this issue have had a device stolen?
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.
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 đ .
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?
To be on the safe side I think it's enough to dissable Photo Stream in iCloud Settings, and your photos will not be shared with iCloud nor you will get pfotos from other people appearning in your photostream.
The strange thing is that the first stray pictures appeared on my iphone long before icloud was first released. I have never used icloud and it has always been turned off on my iphone. I don't use any other photo software nor do I upload any pictures to the web. Yupp, I am probably the last person here without Facebook, Instagram, Flicker or other content sharing accounts.
This has just happened to me on both my iphone and ipad. However, not only was it the photos, but the notepad and contacts as well. Meaning my contacts disappeared and a strange contact appeared. Oh and a note appeared on my notepad warning me not to touch their ipad. This is very disturbing considering all o the personal information contained on both my iPhone and iPad. I'd guess this is an issue with icloud.
I have the same problem - iPhone 5 iOS 6.1.3...
7 random photo's added to my camera roll and photo stream. I've changed my password as a matter of formality but haven't been able to get a clear answer of what the **** is going on. Did anyone get to the bottom of this?
Checking that WhatsApp isn't somehow tho root of the problem... (as someone may have mentioned)
I can confirm that it was indeed WhatsApp that caused these photos to land in my camera roll. Even though I don't use it all that often, and despite silencing the group conversation that I got added to (as part of a dodgeball tournament that a friend set up), the photo's that some random person added were uploaded to my camera roll.
Hope this helps?
icloud someone else's photo
