Unregistered user account generation for content item sharing

A computing system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
• receive, from a first user of a computing device, a request to share a content item with a second user;
• determine that the computing device is not logged into a user account;
• generate a ghost account using a unique identifier associated with the computing device;
• upload and at least temporarily store the content item;
• associate the content item with the ghost account;
• generate a link to the content item, the link being associated with a path identifying a location of the content item in the system;
• and
• send the link to the second user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• receive, from a first user of a computing device, a request to share a content item with a second user, the first user being unassociated with a user account;
• generate a ghost account using a unique identifier associated with the computing device;
• cause the content item to be associated with the ghost account;
• generate a link to the content item, the link being associated with a path identifying a location of the content item;
• and
• send the link to the second user.