UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.
The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.
Have you read the Terms of Service of Google Drive for regular users?? You will give Google irrevocable and total rights on everything that is placed there for them to use as they see fit. It bewilders me how people still use that ‘service’…
Citation needed?
Google explicitly stated the exact opposite of what you’ve said here: Google Drive Terms of Service
Best call out in history lol
That talks about ownership, not access. So they won’t claim they wrote the short story you uploaded. But take a look at this, “We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our Program Policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don’t assume that we do.”
Are you good with Google literally telling you that they look at your content, but “please, don’t assume that they do?” If you feel they have your privacy and best interests in mind with a statement like this and they aren’t algorithmically sniffing every thing you upload, I have some extended warranty coverage I would like to sell you.
I know for a fact that Google scans everything, including zip files, and WILL delete things they deem a problem.
I tried to store my own, paid for, copies of software, like office. Google deleted it. OK, I’ll zip and password protect. Nope, scanned, deleted. Never bothered trying to encrypt first, just moved on from Google.
Now with tools like Resilio, Syncthing, and Tailscale, cloud holds little value other than backup.
I know for a fact that Google scans everything, including zip files, and WILL delete things they deem a problem.
I tried to store my own, paid for, copies of software, like office. Google deleted it. OK, I’ll zip and password protect. Nope, scanned, deleted. Never bothered trying to encrypt first, just moved on from Google.
Now with tools like Resilio, Syncthing, and Tailscale, cloud holds little value other than backup.
I really like Resilio a lot, after lots of issues with other sync software, it’s made for an excellent personal cloud.
I like Resilio, especially the selective sync feature. Unfortunately because it keeps the file index in ram, it kills my phone with my media share. It also uses a lot of resources on my Windows machine.
Syncthing doesn’t have this performance hit, but… It doesn’t have selective sync.
Sigh.
So I use both for different purposes, with Resilio not running by default.
I know for a fact that Google scans everything, including zip files, and WILL delete things they deem a problem.
I tried to store my own, paid for, copies of software, like office. Google deleted it. OK, I’ll zip and password protect. Nope, scanned, deleted. Never bothered trying to encrypt first, just moved on from Google.
