I recently shared some photos of an event with a shared Google Photos album. I had "Notifications" and "Collaborate" turned on in the album options. Several people joined the album and one person left a comment. I was not notified of any of this. Then a few days later when I looked at the album again, all but three of the photos were gone. I found them in the Photo App recycle bin. I imagined that I must have accidentally deleted them myself. I restored them back and checked the album. All was well. Until this evening when I checked and this time again, someone deleted the bulk of my photos and there were just a few left in the album. I could rescue the photos from the bin again, but have now switched off all collaboration and access to the album.
I was under the impression that album participants can only add or remove their own photos. So, how is it possible for this to have happened?
- My account is compromised and someone is acting with my credentials.
- People can object against photos in my album and ask Google to delete my photos and they do this without my consent / knowledge
- I misunderstand Google Photos permissions