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RE: [yws-flickr] Re: Private photos not totally private


[I work for Flickr]

Just as an FYI on our current plan for handling secrets (this has been a
very long process because it's very complicated):

Starting soon[1]:

* All newly uploaded photos will have separate secrets for original
sizes (but continue to have the same secret for the _s, _m, "standard"
and _b size (where appropriate).

* We will not change any secrets retroactively

* We will provide a way for users to generate new secrets for all their
original photos in a batch process

* There will be a way for users to change the secret(s) for individual
photos whenever they like (e.g., in case they see it posted somewhere
they don't want it showing up) and we may make this a checkbox option
when performing certain other actions (like replacing photos or making
them private)

* More info on how to handle this for API developers will be published
in advance of any changes to the API or the site UI

* Worth noting (to users, anway) that changing the secret on our servers
makes no difference if the original has already been downloaded -- if
it's ever been public in the past, someone could have done that

Good!

- Stewart

[1] Probably before the end of February.




Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:28 am

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The documentation for flickr.photos.getInfo isn't strictly correct. It states: "Get information about a photo. The calling user must have permission to view...
maportr
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Sep 6, 2006
11:30 am

I'm surprised that there hasn't been any response to this previous post from September. It was a bit of a rude awakening for me to realize that once someone...
Raymond Yee
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Jan 16, 2007
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... I haven't tried it, but doesn't the secret change when the photo status is changed? Pierre...
mortimerp9
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Jan 16, 2007
5:48 pm

... It shouldn't; that would change the URL of the static photo files, which are supposed to remain, well, static. I believe the ability to link directly to...
Geoffrey Spear
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Jan 16, 2007
7:09 pm

... is the ... which are supposed to ... photo file from, say, a blog, ... expected/documented behavior, ... "Private" means more than ... Pierre -- I did...
Raymond Yee
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Jan 17, 2007
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... I do get you do not want to break the url of a photo as long as it is public. But if you make it private, then it's that you want to remove it's visibility...
mortimerp9
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Jan 17, 2007
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I think you guys are being way too dramatic about this. If you really want to make it private, delete the photo and re-upload it....
andrew morton
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Jan 17, 2007
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From a practical perspective, if you're going to save off the secret so you can request the photo later, why not just save off the photo instead? I guess with...
Bob Lee
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Jan 17, 2007
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[I work for Flickr] Just as an FYI on our current plan for handling secrets (this has been a very long process because it's very complicated): Starting...
Stewart Butterfield
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Jan 19, 2007
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... [snip] ... published ... [i also work for flickr] the API URL documentation has been updated to describe separate secrets for originals: ...
Cal Henderson
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Jan 19, 2007
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... All of this is great news! Thank you very much for that. ... This means that getSizes should be used as an authenticated method? (the documentaton hasn't...
mortimerp9
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Jan 19, 2007
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... it currently says: "Returns the available sizes for a photo. The calling user must have permission to view the photo." "This method does not require...
Cal Henderson
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Jan 19, 2007
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it would be very useful if if you (flickr) add another extra parameter to the flickr.photos.search api, for the original_secret. It does accept...
Luis Lobo Borobia
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Mar 1, 2007
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... Photo 441730709 is currently returning the Original size in flickr.photos.getSizes even though the user has restricted downloads. I can see the Original...
watsonjo
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Apr 1, 2007
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que desis hablame en castellano ... De: Luis Lobo Borobia <luislobo@...> Para: yws-flickr@yahoogroups.com Enviado: jueves 1 de marzo de 2007, 3:27:22 ...
alfredo arias
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