Google Drive Has a Serious Spam Problem, But Google Says a Fix is Coming (howtogeek.com)

Google Drive has a pretty bad spam problem, and it seems Google doesn't care. Spammers can share files that automatically appear in your Drive, and there's no way to stop it. From a report: Google Drive's sharing system is the problem. Since it doesn't offer any sharing acceptance, all files and folders shared with your account are automatically available to you in Drive -- they just show up. To make matters worse, if you only have "View" permission, you can't remove yourself from the share. It's a mess. And to make matters even worse, this is far from a new problem, but Google still hasn't done anything to fix it.

Google got back to us with a statement saying that changes are coming to Drive's sharing features and they're"making it a priority." Here's the statement in full: "For the vast majority of users, the default sharing permissions in Drive work as intended. Unfortunately, this was not the case for this user and we sincerely apologize for her experience. In light of this issue, we are evaluating changes to our spam, abuse, and blocking features that will prevent this kind of activity from taking place on Drive. In the interim, users who are experiencing similar issues can remove themselves from the folder, and the folder should not reappear in either 'My Drive' or 'Shared with Me' unless they revisit it."

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The much more serious google drive issue

[bobstreo]

is that despite their promises, after 6 years there still isn't a google provided linux client.

Re:The much more serious google drive issue

[Anonymous Coward]

Once Linux desktop users amount to more then a rounding error, maybe they'll start care. Until then: "Fix it yourself, bum."

Re: The much more serious google drive issue

[cheekyboy]

Google is dead, they are the new MS.

MS is the new Google.

All MS has to do , is allow Windows 10/Arm to be installed into any Android 8+ device, so just like windows 3.1 ran on any PC-AT, Windows 10+mobile can run on any phone, then kill Android and its shit crappy bugs and simple iOS like features that lack any thing high-end, its just toy features.