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Usually photoDNA has been deployed for this, but that almost certainly wouldn't be triggered by the dad uploading his own photos that hadn't been previously marked as CSAM in the photoDNA database.
Does getting your google account blocked prevent you from using GCP? There are so many stories of people losing access to google accounts that it seems way too risky to use GCP when this sort of thing can happen.
If you have to use GCP, use a burner account… because Google is absolutely asinine right now.
I would not trust Google if they were a hired employee to turn on my sprinklers in the morning.
Edit: For this reason, I am actually all in favor of having GCP, AWS, Azure, etc declared utilities. Unless there is a crime, we have a right to an account. Your electricity company can’t cut you off whenever they feel like.
It's been three months, and AFAIK, Google still hasn't given him his account back yet.
That would require Google to at least tacitly Admit that they made a mistake.
There’s no apparent customer service system so I suspect the whole process is informal to some extent.
what happened to the guy was awful but in general, don't ever store medical correspondence on Google cloud or send it over email or messengers . Here in the EU and I would be surprised if it's different in the US there's dedicated apps for telemedicine which are regulated like medical devices, so there's confidentiality, no storage or scanning of vieo or audio, and so on. Sucks but you can't really treat any other se…
right but most people take pictures with their phones nowadays, which might automatically backup up to google photos.
To them, they have a phone that backs up to the cloud.
Does getting your google account blocked prevent you from using GCP? There are so many stories of people losing access to google accounts that it seems way too risky to use GCP when this sort of thing can happen.
Potentially yes, if you use a personal account for GCP. Don’t do it. If you have to use GCP, use a burner account… because Google is absolutely asinine right now. I would not trust Google if they were a hired employee to turn on my sprinklers in the morning. Edit: For this reason, I am actually all in favor of having GCP, AWS, Azure, etc declared utilities. Unless there is a crime, we have a right to an account. Your…
what happened to the guy was awful but in general, don't ever store medical correspondence on Google cloud or send it over email or messengers . Here in the EU and I would be surprised if it's different in the US there's dedicated apps for telemedicine which are regulated like medical devices, so there's confidentiality, no storage or scanning of vieo or audio, and so on. Sucks but you can't really treat any other se…
Babylon data breach for UK GPs:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23471347
Palantir getting its teeth into the NHS:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56183785
Next time I need a doctors appointment I’ll do my best to make it in-person.
what happened to the guy was awful but in general, don't ever store medical correspondence on Google cloud or send it over email or messengers . Here in the EU and I would be surprised if it's different in the US there's dedicated apps for telemedicine which are regulated like medical devices, so there's confidentiality, no storage or scanning of vieo or audio, and so on. Sucks but you can't really treat any other se…
right but most people take pictures with their phones nowadays, which might automatically backup up to google photos.