Google Just Revolutionized Your Nudes, But Won’t Admit It

There’s no shame in safe sexting

Today, Google announced a new feature of the already incredibly powerful Google Photos app: Now you can add photos to a locked folder, where they will be hidden behind a PIN or biometric ID and won’t show up in your photo roll.

This feature is for your nudes. But Google won’t say that.

While announcing the feature, Google executive Jen Fitzpatrick explained one possible reason you might want to have a hidden folder in your photos app: secret dogs. “This feature would’ve been helpful for me last year when we surprised our kids with a new puppy, and we needed to hide the photos before we brought Splash home,” Fitzpatrick said.

Now.

Okay.

Sure, alright, sure. Yes. I will admit that there is a non-zero number of occasions in the world when one might have a secret dog. A dog they want to take pictures of while also needing to keep its existence secret, specifically from people who have physical access to their phone. This is not an impossible scenario to imagine.

But this feature is for nudes. It is very clearly for nudes. And it’s fantastic that it’s for nudes! Taking, storing, and sharing nude photos is an extremely common thing people do…