There's really two things at play here, on the one side of it you really, really shouldn't share anything online that you don't want public.
My Dad has worked for the phone company for over 30 years and I remember him saying "Don't say anything on the telephone you wouldn't yell out your own front door". This is even more true of the internet.
However, the line between online/offline storage has never been fuzzier, and we've never had more apps/devices asking for our "permission" to share our data. It almost feels like developers are in the habit of changing their terms of service and asking permission so many times that eventually you'll fall into a 'gotcha' situation where you grant permission without actually intending to do.
Heck for the longest time I had no idea why my browser tabs were syncing between my phone and my tablet. I'd be reading threads on this very site during my commute, and then find the same threads open/viewable on my iPad. And like Russic I'm a "tech guy" who understands the basic premise of cloud based storage.
So I have a hard time blaming these woman for inadvertently sharing their photos or not realizing just how accessible "the cloud" really is. I often wonder what "the cloud" actually means to the average consumer/user.
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