I have created my Geni tree nearly a decade ago, and it has grown to nearly 200 people. Those initial profiles I have created back then by Geni was public by default, and this has become a security concern. Is there any way I can view which profiles are still public?
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Jeff, Geni Curator By default, if the person is deceased, it's public, living are private unless the profile is claimed by a Geni user, which falls to their security settings. -
蘇秋玫 so is there a way i can quick view in Tree mode, which are public and which are not? I'd rather not click every individual to check since I have nearly 200ppl
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蘇秋玫 or even in Other than tree mode, a list mode is also ok
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Muammar Ghadafi ISHAK You should be able to use the List function to list down all the profiles that you managed which are public. In the "Refine This List : Filters" section, there is a drop down box which will have a Public/Private/MasterProfile options to be selected.
I have been using this feature for years to identify any profiles that I wrongly classified as public or private. Hopefully you can try it out. Not sure if this ability is only for Pro user.
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蘇秋玫 Muammar, I found the filters that you mentioned. only deceased persons showed up, none of the living people were listed as public. However, when I searched for one of my relatives on google, her profile showed up (https://www.geni.com/people/Puay-Li-Teh/4932592443410036920)
As I understand, if it is private it would not have show on Google, so this profile is public. I don't understand why it is not showing on the Geni search filter results. I wonder if the filter is working correctly.
Do you have such issues?
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蘇秋玫 Muammar, I found the filters that you mentioned. only deceased persons showed up, none of the living people were listed as public. However, when I searched for one of my relatives on google, her profile showed up (https://www.geni.com/people/Puay-Li-Teh/4932592443410036920)
As I understand, if it is private it would not have show on Google, so this profile is public. I don't understand why it is not showing on the Geni search filter results. I wonder if the filter is working correctly.
Do you have such issues?
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Muammar Ghadafi ISHAK Hi, Seems that profile that you mentioned is also a Geni user. I suspect that the "Let the public search for me (profile privacy settings apply)" setting is enabled to allow his/her profile to be searchable from Google.
For example you can check your own profile setting from here:
https://www.geni.com/account_settings/permissions
If it is true, I guess only the owner can change that setting. Or perhaps any Curator have the ability to change it.
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