Why Google blocked access to users’ files

Since Newsfeed doesn't have blurbs anymore:

On 31 October, Google mistakenly blocked access to certain users’ files, including Google Docs.

This was due to a bug that incorrectly flagged files as violating Google’s terms of service.

Google said Google Docs and Drive products have automatic, preventive security precautions in place to protect its users from malware, phishing, and spam.
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I still remember the day Microsoft shut down a Hotmail account I've been using for years due to my account being compromised through their sh**y Skype app.
All my OneDrive files (tax docs, timesheets etc. etc.) gone. All the mail contacts etc. I had, gone. Tried everything to recover my account but ended up with nothing.

Once our Fibre gets installed in our complex I'm done with using 3rd party cloud storage.
Will be creating my own solution.
 
hahaha.. this happen to my account in feb.. got it back when they couldnt find anything wrong matching the violation specified.
 
A reason why they do such "preventive security" actions is that they cannot be sued for damages.
 
RaptorSA said:
I still remember the day Microsoft shut down a Hotmail account I've been using for years due to my account being compromised through their sh**y Skype app.
All my OneDrive files (tax docs, timesheets etc. etc.) gone. All the mail contacts etc. I had, gone. Tried everything to recover my account but ended up with nothing.

Once our Fibre gets installed in our complex I'm done with using 3rd party cloud storage.
Will be creating my own solution.
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Google is becoming more restrictive by the day. Files you upload one day are no longer supported the next. Same with hosting, can put together much better for less. I guess the world is finally becoming more decentralised again thanks to fibre and traditional hosting will cease to exist. So much for the cloud bandwagon that never really existed.
 
backstreetboy said:
It was a bug and they fixed it fast. The beauty of the cloud...
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Not just a bug but restricting you to what you can upload or not. It's effectively only stuff it can scan now. And stop with this cloud nonsense, as with web 2.0 it's something that mostly never existed and this was a software issue so has nothing to do with it.
 
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