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Google Docs To Host Any File Type

Posted by kdawson on from the not-the-g-drive dept.

ezabi writes "According to a post on the official Google blog, in the coming weeks Google Docs will offer to host all file types with a limit of 250 MB, which as they say is larger than the current limit for email attachments. This will have its consequences: paid file sharing will die, more shared pirated material, newer vulnerabilities and malware distribution channels..."

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  1. About split by ls671 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    > host all file types with a limit of 250 MB,

    Can we just use split to store larger files ?

    split -a 5 -b 250000000 bigfile

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  2. counterplex the idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Boggle.

    It is so sad to get these reminders of just what a bunch of ignorant people fill the Net like counterplex.

    Let's just refresh everyone's memory of searchable Google Voice:

    * Google implemented search for Google Voice for people who decided to make their stuff public

    * Dumbasses in the media tried to spin it as some sort of privacy violation

    * Articles came out stating why the idiots babbling about privacy violation were spewing garbage since the only Google Voice stuff being indexed was stuff people decided to make public

    * Same dumbasses in the media came out with 'yeah, but...I still want to be mad at Google followup articles'

    Idiots like counterplex obviously just read the sensational headlines and parrot them as their own 'insight' into future stories.

  3. thwarting of malware and piracy by Google brains? by adosch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Knowing Google, I'm sure they have actually thought about the repercussions of allowing all types of documents to be hosted/uploaded, or paving the way for mal/spy/shitware and alike or piracy. As much as everyone is going to look at the negatives, I"m sure Google has developed some sort of scalable trolling application to look for patterns or heuristics for that type of thing. After all, is Google not the king of the hill when it comes to data mining, pilfering, trends, habits, popularity of all of us already?

  4. Re:Will these be all public too? by EzInKy · · Score: 4, Insightful


    Rampant file sharers pay good money for hardware that enables them to share their stolen software and pirated content.

    Your software was stolen? Are you sure you didn't just misplace it? Scan your drives again to make sure it's really gone.


    The average torrent junkie doesn't buy 8TB of disk and upgraded bandwidth plans because they really like sharing Linux ISOs...Please.

    I can see it now. ACTA paragraph 666 - no person shall possess more than 640kb of storage without a license. That, after all, is enough for anybody.

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