Add Disallow: /private/ to your robots.txt file. While not a security measure (malicious actors ignore it), it prevents honest search engines from indexing your private directories.
Beyond legal risks, consider the human cost. Private images often belong to real people who never consented to public viewing. Treating their privacy as a curiosity or a prize is a violation of basic ethics. The internet already has plenty of public, consensual imagery—there’s no need to hunt for the private kind. parent directory index of private images top
Accessing a parent directory index of private images typically requires specific permissions or credentials. Here’s how you might encounter or manage such access: Add Disallow: /private/ to your robots