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>Google is lying about when they look at your data No they aren't. The TOS and similar clearly spell out that they have automated checks for malicious content,
by bragr 4y ago
>Google is lying about when they look at your data
No they aren't. The TOS and similar clearly spell out that they have automated checks for malicious content, copy-righted works (remember when Google drive was a popular piracy vector for a hot second?), CSAM, etc. It's not Google's fault you haven't read that, or that you are taking a support article about sharing docs with other people and incorrectly extrapolating that to the internal technical functionality of google docs. The very next sentence after talking about end to end encryption:
>Your Google Account comes with built-in security designed to detect and block threats like spam, phishing and malware. Your activity is stored using strong industry standards and practices.
What has likely happened is that one or some of those domains probably got hacked and are pushing malicious JS or something triggering Google to view them as malicious, so some security product looks at a spreadsheet full of "malicious" URLs and it got sent into the void for that.
- Animats 4y agoIf their marketing materials say they don't look, but their terms of service say say they do, that's false advertising. This is a paid service. Google is more constrained than with a free service.
- tjader 4y ago> We access your private content only when we [...] are required to by law.
- greyface- 4y agoThe ellipsis is doing a lot of work there. The full sentence is: > We access your private content only when we have your permission or are required to by law. They will claim that you gave them permission by acknowledging the TOS.
- NoPicklez 4y agoI was initially agreeing with you until I read this point "Google respects your privacy. We access your private content only when we have your permission or are required to by law." They specifically spell out themselves.
- lamontcg 4y ago> It's not Google's fault you haven't read that We really need to invert that responsibility. Corporations are hiding behind their TOS and playing "gotcha" when it turns out that you haven't read the thing that nobody reads.
- nokya 4y agoTrue. But not enough people care, it's rather the opposite.