If you use Google Drive, you need to read this.
Google holds the keys to every file you've stored there. That means Google can open them, and now its AI can too. 🧵
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Hear me out.
I have an idea for a physical version Proton Drive for real documents and photos where you store them in a secure place that only you can access in real life because you have some kind of authentication key that allows you and only you to enter.
What do you think?
If you use Google Drive, you need to read this.
Google holds the keys to every file you've stored there. That means Google can open them, and now its AI can too. 🧵
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Since Google is a US company, your files sit under US law, which offers far weaker privacy protections than places like the EU or Switzerland.
So the only real fix is to switch to a more private alternative.
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Proton Drive is E2EE by default, so no one can access your files but you. Not even us.
Do yourself a favor and ditch Google Drive now: proton.me/drive
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Google is now using Canadians' search and YouTube history to estimate whether they're under 18
Those identified as minors will get bedtime reminders and blocked access to adult apps
It's not just Google either. We looked into it, and 87% of Canada's biggest companies run their email on US-owned infrastructure.
Every federal, provincial and territorial government domain run on Microsoft 365.
blog: proton.me/business/blog/cana…
Fun Friday fact: you can password-protect and set expiry dates on Proton Drive share links.
Even if a link ends up in the wrong hands (which I hope it won't), your files stay locked down.
proton.me/drive/file-sharing