[kwlug-disc] GMail, profile photo, and privacy: HOW'd it DO that?!?

[Raymond Chen]

Sorry about the typo. I meant to say https://gravatar.com/


On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 04:45 Raymond Chen <raymondchen625 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I signed up on graveyard.com to set up a picture linked to my email
> address. I am not surprised to see that picture on other websites. I assume
> you have not done that?
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 02:44 Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 09:17:25PM -0800, Ronald Barnes wrote:
>> >
>> >Along with the auto-completion (which may have come from the phone
>> >owner's email history - we've exchanged mail before), a profile
>> >picture appeared.
>> >
>> >
>> >It was the profile photo of my *parents'* account.
>>
>> I don't typically use gmail, but I logged into an account via the web
>> and was able to reproduce this.
>>
>> I filled out your first & last name, and email address, then saved the
>> contact.  The contact icon is a photo of a couple -- presumably your
>> parents. Editing the contact shows no photo set.
>>
>> Weird.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Irwin
>>
>> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>>   xmpp:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
>>    web: https://chrisirwin.ca
>>
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