>I sympathize with this concern, although in some cases, being able to read and edit documents from your phone, and collaborate on them, is very useful, and tha

>I sympathize with this concern, although in some cases, being able to read and edit documents from your phone, and collaborate on them, is very useful, and that requires some kind of cloud service. Not being able to read and edit documents from your phone when the cloud locks you out of your document is also a concern (above and beyond all the concerns about security, privacy, and not being in control of your own data). >Imagine you're working on a Google Doc when, seemingly out of nowhere, your ability to edit the online file gets revoked. What you see instead is an error message indicating that you've violated Google's terms of service. >For anyone who stores work in the cloud, suddenly being unable to access your data — especially due to a terms of service violation — may sound scary. And it's really happening to some people, according to reports on Twitter. Rachael Bale, a wildlife crime reporter for National Geographic, said Tuesday that a draft of her story was "frozen" by Google. >Others have reported similar errors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/31/a-mysterious-message-is-locking-google-docs-users-out-of-their-files/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/31...