unprivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unprivates
form: unprivating
form: unprivated
form: unprivated
Etymology: From un- + private.
Senses: examples: text: But the HP41 private mode was easily defeated. I still have my HP 41 and it's^([sic]) card reader. I was looking thru the cards recently and ran across one that is used to 'UNprivate' a program. Load the private program, then run the UNprivate card and the program is viewable.
ref: 1995 September 20, JJAker [username; Jack Aker], “Copy-Protecting HP48G/GX Programs”, in comp.sys.hp48 (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
text: I run OS3.0 on a Vx. I put in a daily repeating floater to remind me to take a pill at a certain hour, and designated it as private, and it dutifully disappeared (I know I have to 'unprivate' it using the OS security, which is a bit of a bother, but at least don't have to see it all the time).
ref: 2000 October 31, CircleSerpent [username], “DateBk4 - question”, in comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
text: When I set-up password protection for my user account on XP home I was given the option to make my files private to other users, which I did. I want to reverse the above action. I have removed the password easily but cannot work out how to 'unprivate' my files and make my files viewable to other users etc.
ref: 2005 November 21, AJM [username], “user account management”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
text: Therefore I dio^([sic]) not use fb [Facebook] to exchange anymore. Because if all I do is set priovate,^([sic]) the tablet unprivates it […]
ref: 2012 December 1, Eleonore Beaudoin, “This had me just in awe, smiles and tears!”, in alt.support.loneliness (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024:
text: While Shay has yet to make his official return to the web, or YouTube, he has since unprivated his Instagram page.
ref: 2017 August 16, Rebecka Schumann, “Shay Carl’s Cam Girl Getting Death Threats After YouTube Scandal”, in International Business Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2017:
ref: 2018 November 19, Glenn Garner, “Frank Ocean Teases Music on Newly UnPrivated Instagram”, in Out, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2018
text: Joshua has since unprivated his Instagram account to respond to Shannon’s accusations.
ref: 2020 December 16, Rachel Yohannan, “Joshua Ang’s Ex-Wife Makes Domestic Abuse Allegations, Says He Threatened Her With Knife & Drill”, in GirlStyle Singapore, Hong Kong: PressLogic, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022:
text: One user named @CodeNameNuclear explained on the video “predicting” Kobe Bryant’s death that 2020 Vision likely posted all the videos privately years ago and made sure that they included every single day in the year. Later, they could then trim the videos down so they only included the correct dates and make them public. “They posted it privately years ago, and they had the video an hour long going over every date possible,” they explained. “What they did was use the YouTube built-in trimming tool to trim it to the correct date and then unprivated the video.”
ref: 2021 February 25, Morgan Greenwald, “TikTokers left disturbed by YouTube channel's eerily accurate death predictions: 'I would be terrified'”, in Yahoo! Finance, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2021:
text: It’s unknown at the time of publishing why the videos were unprivated. Speculatively the decision to unprivate the videos was made after internal discussion at Cover Corp but ultimately no formal announcement regarding the removal and subsequent return of the videos has been made.
ref: 2021 March 29, Brandon Lyttle, “Haachama X Akai Haato Story Videos Return to YouTube”, in Niche Gamer, Philadelphia, Pa.: Pretentious Media Network, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023:
text: How to unprivate a video on TikTok / Unprivating a video on TikTok is a relatively simple process, and you’re able to do it simply by heading to your profile page on the app, and going from there. […] Tap on the video you want to unprivate.
ref: 2022 April 4, Georgina Smith, “How to unprivate a TikTok video”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2022:
text: “I apologize if this is crossing a boundary however I am desperate to get this the attention it needs,” she [Seara Adair] wrote to one TikTok employee, describing the “private posting” and the way she believes users are gaming the AI “by posting a black screen for the first few seconds” of these videos. “I personally saw one of the videos that had been unprivated and it was a child completely naked and doing indecent things. I reported the video and it came back no violation,” she continued.
ref: 2022 November 14, Alexandra S. Levine, “These TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain Sight”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2022:
text: L[ETA] ARMSTRONG: I know that if I, like, unprivated my account, like, so many random people would follow me.
ref: 2023 July 9, Hanisha Harjani, Emily Silver, “The Sunday Story: Permission to share”, in NPR, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2023:
text: Since then, there has not been much group activity, though Dani will occasionally reactivate or unprivate his Instagram account and update fans.
ref: 2023 October 4, “Where Is He Now? The Second-Generation K-Pop Idol Arrested For Selling Marijuana”, in Koreaboo, Los Angeles, Calif.: Koreaboo Inc., archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
text: This time however, Sabrina unprivated her Facebook page, and overnight stardom befell the Decatur family.
ref: 2023 November 1, Hayden J Emrah, “Michael Myers of Decatur: the man, the myth, the stabbin’ legend”, in The Decatur Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind., section “Callithumpian”, page 4, column 2:
synonyms: deprivatize
unprivatize
glosses: To make not private.