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I wanted to finally turn off that checkbox a few days ago and couldn't find it anywhere. The entire page it's supposed to be on didn't exist. I had no idea whet
by mcv 3y ago
I wanted to finally turn off that checkbox a few days ago and couldn't find it anywhere. The entire page it's supposed to be on didn't exist. I had no idea whether that meant I'm automatically opted in or out.
Thing is, if they use my dropbox content, it may be more a risk for them than for me; it's mostly PDFs I bought in webshops; stuff copyrighted by other people than me. My consent isn't that relevant; they need the consent of the actual copyright holders. And they don't have that.
This is the big problem with all these tech companies suddenly realise new ways to mine all that data that they happen to have access to. The data isn't theirs, and it's quite possibly not their users' either.
- subtra3t 3y agoThis is especially a concern for Google Drive, considering how pirates use it. Until very recently, nearly all CSF (clean steam files; the uncompressed, cracked game files) archives shared on the biggest video game piracy forum were stored on Drive.