Google Drive could soon start locking your files • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by micromacrofoot » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

szszrk wrote: post #2

So.. Drive will automatically un-share our files based on their own algorithms. I've got a feeling this will be mostly an automatic DMCA takedown tool.

AFAIK they've already been matching hashes to remove pirated content, so this is an extension into certain types of "objectionable" content

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by Workaccount2 » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

I have, uh, mp3 backups of all the music I have owned from my, um, ludicrously massive CD collection. Is it worth the risk that google might one day decide I am a pirate and block my account?

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by nix23 » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:04 PM UTC

Workaccount2 wrote: post #12

I have, uh, mp3 backups of all the music I have owned from my, um, ludicrously massive CD collection. Is it worth the risk that google might one day decide I am a pirate and block my account?

Do you really need a answer?

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by deadalus » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

pedro2 wrote: post #7

deadalus wrote: post #6

I will never forget that the Christchurch shooting video was automatically deleted from users' PRIVATE Google Drive and Dropbox - no warnings were given and no explanation was presented.

Whaaat? Link please

They removed it after they began using GIFCT to ‘prevent terrorists and violent extremists from exploiting digital platforms.’ All hashed versions of that video was removed from user accounts.

Page 16 : https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocument...

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by pedro2 » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

micromacrofoot wrote: post #10

deadalus wrote: post #6

I will never forget that the Christchurch shooting video was automatically deleted from users' PRIVATE Google Drive and Dropbox - no warnings were given and no explanation was presented.

They do the same thing for copyrighted material, they can match a hash and nuke a file off the service at the drop of a hat.

delete the file? not unshare it and keep it on the personal storage?

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by thisiscorrect » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/269456/20211216/google-wo... makes it sound like they're adding a feature to review when files are restricted. That's very different.

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by dilap » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

I know it takes a lot of shit, but something like Urbit is seeming more and more appealing (necessary?) every day.

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by dirtyid » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:16 PM UTC

Do locked files and DMCA removals affect both online and offline synced files?

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by buro9 » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:18 PM UTC

Reminder to periodically do a Google Takeout to protect your data from Google.

Re: Google Drive could soon start locking your files

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Post by kingcharles » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:19 PM UTC

nix23 wrote: post #13

Workaccount2 wrote: post #12

I have, uh, mp3 backups of all the music I have owned from my, um, ludicrously massive CD collection. Is it worth the risk that google might one day decide I am a pirate and block my account?

Do you really need a answer?

Has to be a rhetorical question.

I was once responsible for ripping 250,000 CDs, legally, on behalf of various record labels, from tiny to the big 5. I would love to store a backup of all that data in the big cloud services and see which ones deleted my legally-owned data.