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Ask HN: Would you trust your real work to Google if they can just lock you out?

13 pointsby sds111over 7 years ago
This spate of people being locked out of their Google Docs is disturbing. I have now transferred all my work out of it. I can't afford to be stopped willy-nilly just because they think my journalistic work might not agree with their views.

6 comments

codeonfireover 7 years ago
I would never trust any IP or business docs to a third party storage service. And definitely code including secrets would not be stored on things like github, codecommit, etc. Have known too many corporate executives and learned no one can be trusted. People used to trust sourceforge at one point. If there is any doubt about the security or confidentiality of your work...there is no doubt.
PascLeRascover 7 years ago
Sure, it&#x27;s their software&#x2F;servers&#x2F;drive space. Your question is framed just to attract people who have the same view as you though.<p>Google isn&#x27;t a government. They aren&#x27;t obligated to recognize my right to free speech, and they don&#x27;t have to hold files they don&#x27;t want to.
sds111over 7 years ago
I&#x27;ll continue to use Google Drive as a backup, of course. Thankfully, all my computers have LibreOffice.<p>In the end, I&#x27;ll just make sure I have multiple copies of all the current files. That&#x27;s not a bad thing.<p>PTL I don&#x27;t have a Chromebook. Those guys could be royally screwed.
ehlloover 7 years ago
I personally think, it is always a bad idea to put important IP&#x2F;Knowledge(or your complete business) into the hands of other Companies&#x2F;People. You play in their Garden and if they decide to &quot;alter&quot; the agremeent, than you have to deal with it.
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Ice_cream_suitover 7 years ago
Multiple backups, local, remote-same-nation and remote-on-another-continent are essential for any data that is worth preserving.
pcuniteover 7 years ago
Google, the PayPal of data. <i>Hope you don&#x27;t need it when we say you can&#x27;t have it!</i>