Anecdotally, the owner of the SV Seeker Youtube channel had their Youtube account terminated and lost all of their videos because they had uploaded some...adult content for a single viewer as a private video, which Youtube scanned and detected. "Private" just means "not discoverable."
TLDR Don't use Google storage in any capacity as a source of truth or sole copy, and encrypt if you don't want the data scanned, inspected, etc.
Thanks for the resources. I will be sharing this info.
Lawsuit data has been sent to me more than once via Google Drive share links -- makes me think I'm not the only one who is unaware of the scanning practices.
Google Drive is usually used vs something more clunky like Sharepoint or Intralinks because of the simple UX and the access controls and audit logs (sharing, views, downloads) it provides. I like Box personally for corp content management, ymmv.
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Anecdotally, the owner of the SV Seeker Youtube channel had their Youtube account terminated and lost all of their videos because they had uploaded some...adult content for a single viewer as a private video, which Youtube scanned and detected. "Private" just means "not discoverable."
TLDR Don't use Google storage in any capacity as a source of truth or sole copy, and encrypt if you don't want the data scanned, inspected, etc.
Google Drive scans files for copyright infringement - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41049799 - July 2024
Google Gemini scans files on Google Drive without permission – can't be disabled - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40962418 - July 2024
Google Drive adding spam folder, dark web scans for Gmail, more - https://9to5google.com/2023/05/10/google-drive-spam-view/ - May 10th, 2023
Google Scans Gmail and Drive for Cartoons of Child Sexual Abuse - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29638263 - December 2021
Thanks for the resources. I will be sharing this info.
Lawsuit data has been sent to me more than once via Google Drive share links -- makes me think I'm not the only one who is unaware of the scanning practices.
Google Drive is usually used vs something more clunky like Sharepoint or Intralinks because of the simple UX and the access controls and audit logs (sharing, views, downloads) it provides. I like Box personally for corp content management, ymmv.
https://xkcd.com/1053/