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To clarify: Google isn't deleting these files. They're just "restricted", which as far as I can tell means they can't be shared publicly. It's triggering the me
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
To clarify: Google isn't deleting these files. They're just "restricted", which as far as I can tell means they can't be shared publicly. It's triggering the mechanism to prevent people from using Google Drive as a file sharing service for copyrighted works. I think owners can still access their own files just fine.
That said, I agree 100% that you shouldn't rely on a single point of failure for any backup. Data must be in at least two places.
- Qub3d 5y agoIn this case, that is correct. From my (and the project TOS;DR's [0]) interpretation the TOS is still in general worded in such a way that Google can ultimately say, "we feel this shouldn't be here" and remove it. For the record, that is fine, legally speaking. It just is something that I think we don't keep in mind, until our Gmail login gets locked[1] and our last backup was 6+ months ago. [0]:https://tosdr.org/en/service/217 https://tosdr.org/en/service/217 [1]:https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=google%20locked&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- Gigachad 5y agoI had one of my google docs files restricted which was just a school group project. No one was able to access it.