Under its terms of service, Google says that “We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our Program Policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. “Unlike other file sharing websites, Google Drive allows faster downloads so such illegal and explicit content is thriving on its platform,” the cyber security researcher claimed.Īn email sent to Google on if such content is being stored and shared freely on Drive did not elicit any response. The irony is that movies/games/software that have been removed from Google Search on the basis of copyright violation are available in Google Drive for faster download. Just do a search and download at will,” Rajaharia told IANS on Sunday and shared several such screenshots. One can search such links in Google Drive at ease. “Apart from thousands of porn videos, at least 25,000-30,000 links are likely sharing illegal content like malware, software, movies, games and what not.
It also sounds like you'll have to re-enter the PIN to move files in or out of that folder.According to independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, thousands of such explicit and illegal content is being circulated via Google Drive, in zipped compressed files. Associated descriptions claim it's there so you can "Move any files you want to keep protected by a PIN to this folder," and that you can "Find your protected files in this folder." Details seem to use PIN and password interchangeably, but both the credentials you lock the folder with and its contents reportedly can't be recovered if you forget them, and XDA Developers has confirmed that they are encrypted. In other words, it's a porn folder.ĭetails dug up include an explicit "safe folder" name attached to the feature. We've updated our post with that info.Īccording to a recent app teardown by the folks at 9to5Google (and further confirmation by XDA Developers, who got the feature working) the Files by Google app is picking up a new "safe folder" meant to protect files in a PIN-protected and encrypted hidden area, inaccessible to other apps. Minutes after publication, XDA Developers was able to get the feature working.
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