Is Google Photos THAT bad for privacy?

@fria Could you elaborate, why you think, “it should be ok” to use Google Photos, “if you don’t expect to be investigated by law enforcement” - given OP clearly asked for a honest opinion about this product from privacy perspective?

if someone is asking generally, if Google (any of its products) is “bad for privacy”, the answer in a privacy-focused forum - esp. from one of its team members - should be yes.

Security aspects certainly play a role - like breaches leading to uncontrolled data efflux. And you are right, Google products are reasonably secure. But very cynically formulated, it’s like one is communicating with their stalker over a secure channel. You always pay with the data. Google doesn’t make $402.8 billion / year by selling subscription based photo services. Their lawyer section certainly is big enough to make up for irrefutable, non-provable and privacy washing statements like “We don’t sell your personal information” or “ads purposes” (what does that even mean).