Christian by name, not by nature: Recently, Google restricted my access to my own manuscript, without warning or appeal. I figured a way around it, but I'm letting people know how not-safe Google Drive is.

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Recently, Google restricted my access to my own manuscript, without warning or appeal. I figured a way around it, but I'm letting people know how not-safe Google Drive is.

Can I ask how that happened? I would not want to be unable to access my work docs.

If you share a document with anyone else, Google considers that "public" and therefore eligible for AI data scraping and censorship.

One more tale encouraging my prejudice against trusting the cloud.

Can you provide any more details? It could be helpful for others

If you store a file in the Home folder of Google Drive, or if you share a file with anyone, in any folder, Google considers that "public," and they grant themselves permission to access any public documents in Drive. www.wired.com/story/what-h...

What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docswww.wired.com In March, an aspiring author got a troubling message: All of her works in progress were no longer accessible. What happened next is every writer’s worst fear.

Thank you!

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