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What Happens When a #Romance #Writer Gets Locked Out of #Google Docs


source: https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/?esrc=AUTO_PRINT

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.

Google never specified which of her 222,000 words was inappropriate.


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Generally speaking, files containing #violence, #abuse, child sexual abuse material, and gore violate the terms of service for Google Drive and its associated products, like Docs and Sheets.


Now many of you will be thinking, who is stupid enough to store everything in the Google #cloud? The problem is we know that, but many people out there don't. We urgently need to do more educational work and warn people about companies like Google and their practices. Tell all your friends and acquaintances and don't use the clouds of the big corporations.


#news #problem #fail #warning #danger #service #customer #internet #economy #security #wtf #omg #disaster


#Safari on #iOS features device #tracking


source: https://mastodon.social/@mysk/112340023465073147

#Apple recently introduced a new URI scheme so that #iOS users in the #EU can install marketplace apps from the browser. #Safari handles the scheme insecurely leaving users exposed to tracking.


#surveillance #politics #europe #software #security #privacy #news #problem #fail #smartphone #warning