where can I read more on why they allowed this?
where can I read more on why they allowed this?
To think, just a decade ago, this article seemed paranoid, to the point where even the author seemed to think it was an oversight in the Terms of Service:
https://techland.time.com/2012/04/26/will-google-drive-snoop...
Interestingly, they give (gave?) themselves redistribution and performance rights for Drive contents at the same time. How long until they start openly using those rights, I wonder?
Drive is unencrypted because it is indexed for personal search. What is the snooping part?
> redistribution and performance rights for Drive
This is completely standard and required so that they can provide syncing and sharing.
I am aware that Whatsapp does this and have avoided Whatsapp’s Google Drive backup overall.