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See, the thing about computing with someone else's computer is, that someone else ultimately decides what you can do or say with their resources... for good or

See, the thing about computing with someone else's computer is, that someone else ultimately decides what you can do or say with their resources... for good or ill.

kazinator 2y ago
Bah, you crazy old man, shaking your fist at the cloud. :) Actually, more nuance: the thing about computing with someone else computer is: that someone else's compliance with various regulations decides what you can do or say with their resources. Worse than it being Google idiocy is that it's something they may actually have to do, as advised by their lawyers.
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  There is nothing illegal about an adult romance novel. There is no regulation that prohibits it. As usual, Google overstepped.
  - justin_oaks 2y ago
    And as usual with Google, you have no recourse.
    - 9991 2y ago
      Not true. I don’t use a single Google service. That’s my recourse.
  - Nasrudith 2y ago
    A whole lot of what can get you reamed in court is perfectly legal but looks bad. Hell, auto-companies are afraid to even say the D-word, "dangerous" for fear of subpoenas. There is a reason why "First thing lets kill all the lawyers." is a line of classic literature.
    - OutOfHere 2y ago
      If it looks bad, they just shouldn't be offering such a service. As it stands, they're misleading people. Moreover, the right time to scan a file is when it is created or updated, prohibiting the action at its onset, instead of unnecessarily suspending the user at a future time. Google has a very nasty habit in that it just doesn't care about its users at all. I happily moved away to a different provider (an alternative to G Drive) that has no such ridiculous issues, and is substantially cheaper too.
- bitwize 2y ago
  I didn't mean it in an "old man yells at cloud" sense so much as a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" sense. We're now at the point where people should be aware that anything they do in the cloud will be subject to any arbitrary configuration of acceptable use policies, terms of service, codes of conduct, et weary cetera, at the cloud provider's sole discretion and prepare for the consequences if any violations are found, which could be anything; and if you wish for your beta readers to access your spicy novel you may do better to simply email them a copy, perhaps in a password-protected .zip file.

See, the thing about computing with someone else's computer is, that someone else ultimately decides what you can do or say with their resources... for good or ill.

kazinator 2y ago

Bah, you crazy old man, shaking your fist at the cloud. :) Actually, more nuance: the thing about computing with someone else computer is: that someone else's compliance with various regulations decides what you can do or say with their resources. Worse than it being Google idiocy is that it's something they may actually have to do, as advised by their lawyers.

OutOfHere 2y ago
There is nothing illegal about an adult romance novel. There is no regulation that prohibits it. As usual, Google overstepped.
- justin_oaks 2y ago
  And as usual with Google, you have no recourse.
  - 9991 2y ago
    Not true. I don’t use a single Google service. That’s my recourse.
- Nasrudith 2y ago
  A whole lot of what can get you reamed in court is perfectly legal but looks bad. Hell, auto-companies are afraid to even say the D-word, "dangerous" for fear of subpoenas. There is a reason why "First thing lets kill all the lawyers." is a line of classic literature.
  - OutOfHere 2y ago
    If it looks bad, they just shouldn't be offering such a service. As it stands, they're misleading people. Moreover, the right time to scan a file is when it is created or updated, prohibiting the action at its onset, instead of unnecessarily suspending the user at a future time. Google has a very nasty habit in that it just doesn't care about its users at all. I happily moved away to a different provider (an alternative to G Drive) that has no such ridiculous issues, and is substantially cheaper too.
bitwize 2y ago
I didn't mean it in an "old man yells at cloud" sense so much as a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" sense. We're now at the point where people should be aware that anything they do in the cloud will be subject to any arbitrary configuration of acceptable use policies, terms of service, codes of conduct, et weary cetera, at the cloud provider's sole discretion and prepare for the consequences if any violations are found, which could be anything; and if you wish for your beta readers to access your spicy novel you may do better to simply email them a copy, perhaps in a password-protected .zip file.