"If I do share images on Google services--under the current terms of service--I will risk genuine harm to my ability to earn income from those images. As a professional, I don't see the reward of using the Google services as being worth more than the risk," blogger Scott Bourne explained.

Regardless of these issues though, you need to tip your hat to Google for making what appears to be an honest effort to get things right when it comes to privacy. Heck, after its , you think the search giant would have had to have learned something.

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