diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/images.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/images.ts
index 80e2695..7339502 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/images.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/images.ts
@@ -468,10 +468,11 @@ export const imageRoutes = new Hono<App>({ strict: false })
 		}
 	)
 
-	// Global slideshow feed — the most recent publicly-listable ShareCamera photos
-	// (Accessibility 0 or 1, Type 1) across all rooms, newest first, each joined to its
-	// creator's username and room name. Public (no auth): it only surfaces already-public
-	// images and backs the anonymous homepage slideshow. Returns `{ Images, ValidTill }`,
+	// Global slideshow feed — the most recent public ShareCamera photos (Accessibility 1,
+	// Type 1) across all rooms, newest first, each joined to its creator's username and
+	// room name. Public (no auth): it only surfaces already-public images and backs the
+	// anonymous homepage slideshow. Private photos (Accessibility 0) never appear — the
+	// feed is anonymous, so there is no viewer it could be unlocked for. Returns `{ Images, ValidTill }`,
 	// where ValidTill is a short (2-minute) cache hint the client refreshes against.
 	// Serves 10 by default and never more than SLIDESHOW_MAX_LIMIT (100): it's public and
 	// unauthenticated, so an unclamped `take` would let anyone ask for the whole image
diff --git a/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts b/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
index 477e56c..8dec08e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/test/integration/api.test.ts
@@ -6550,6 +6550,37 @@ describe('images', () => {
 		})
 	})
 
+	// The feed is anonymous, so a private photo (Accessibility 0) must never reach it —
+	// there is no viewer it could be unlocked for. It once accepted 0 alongside 1.
+	test('GET /api/images/v1/slideshow leaves private photos out', async () => {
+		const pub = await createImage(env.DB, {
+			imageName: 'slidepublic.jpg',
+			playerId: 42,
+			accessibility: 1,
+		})
+		const priv = await createImage(env.DB, {
+			imageName: 'slideprivate.jpg',
+			playerId: 42,
+			accessibility: 0,
+		})
+		// A non-photo (room thumbnail) that happens to be public stays out too.
+		const thumb = await createImage(env.DB, {
+			imageName: 'slidethumb.jpg',
+			playerId: 42,
+			type: 3,
+			accessibility: 1,
+		})
+
+		const res = await exports.default.fetch(`${ORIGIN}/api/images/v1/slideshow?take=100`)
+		expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+		const ids = ((await res.json()) as { Images: Array<{ SavedImageId: number }> }).Images.map(
+			(i) => i.SavedImageId
+		)
+		expect(ids).toContain(pub.Id)
+		expect(ids).not.toContain(priv.Id)
+		expect(ids).not.toContain(thumb.Id)
+	})
+
 	// The feed is public and unauthenticated, so `take` is clamped rather than trusted:
 	// without the cap a single anonymous request could pull the whole image table through
 	// the two joins behind it.
diff --git a/packages/domain/src/images-db.ts b/packages/domain/src/images-db.ts
index 4829395..b3d1e69 100644
--- a/packages/domain/src/images-db.ts
+++ b/packages/domain/src/images-db.ts
@@ -518,9 +518,11 @@ async function getRoomNames(db: D1Database, ids: number[]): Promise<Map<number,
 }
 
 /**
- * The global slideshow feed — the most recent publicly-listable ShareCamera photos
- * across all rooms (Accessibility 0 or 1, Type 1), newest first, capped at `limit`.
- * Only ShareCamera images are surfaced (not room/profile/invention thumbnails). Each
+ * The global slideshow feed — the most recent PUBLIC ShareCamera photos across all rooms
+ * (Accessibility 1, Type 1), newest first, capped at `limit`. Accessibility 0 is a
+ * private photo — the same bar every other public image read here applies — and the
+ * feed is anonymous, so it must never surface one. Only ShareCamera images are surfaced
+ * (not room/profile/invention thumbnails). Each
  * row is joined to its creator's username and (if any) its room's name. Returns the
  * projected SlideshowImage shape. Usernames/room names are resolved in two batched
  * lookups to avoid an N+1 across the (at most `limit`) images.
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ export async function getSlideshowImages(
 	const { results } = await db
 		.prepare(
 			`SELECT data FROM image
-			 WHERE json_extract(data, '$.Accessibility') IN (0, 1)
+			 WHERE json_extract(data, '$.Accessibility') = 1
 			   AND json_extract(data, '$.Type') = ?1
 			 ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?2`
 		)