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Encrypt the file and don't upload the key.
by Hizonner 2y ago
Encrypt the file and don't upload the key.
- glitchc 2y agoThey block it outright, even when the purpose is innocent (sensitive documents). Tried with rar and 7-zip.
- Hizonner 2y agoWow, really? You can't store an encrypted file on Google Drive? I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I am, mildly. ... so it has no utility at all, since you definitely shouldn't be storing any unencrypted files on it.
- BXlnt2EachOther 2y agoThat doesn't seem to be most people's experience, see sibling posts. As another data point, I have several manually-uploaded zip and 7z files of my own documents and content, both encrypted and not, and never had a problem. The majority of my Drive usage by bytes is encrypted backup pack files uploaded via API by Arq Backup or rclone. That's all worked fine for many years.
- glitchc 2y agoSorry, I may have conflated Gmail with GDrive, my bad.
- BXlnt2EachOther 2y agoIIRC I did get a roadblock attaching a zip file with GMail several years ago. GMail also complained about direct-attaching a locally-built, unsigned exe file to an address that I'd never corresponded with. To be fair this probably should have caused suspicion :)
- Willish42 2y agoanecdotal / N=1 here, but I've uploaded standard 7z encrypted backups to personal Drive without issue
- Brian_K_White 2y agoThis is trivally disprovable. Everyone has countless encrypted files on gdrive. What do you think a keepass db is for example?
- sushid 2y agoDefinitely not true. Source: have .zip and .rar files in Google Drive
- pixxel 2y agoPerhaps you’re on a ‘list’ for questionable content.
- darby_nine 2y agoThat might be an issue with rar and 7-zip specifically. RAR at least used to be very common with warez and not very common out of it—might just be a low-effort way of discouraging it. Not endorsing this, btw, I much prefer dumb pipes.