How was that not expected? Give people somewhere to stick files that they don’t want to lose because of a hard drive crash or computer malfunction. Files that they absolutely want backed up somewhere not locally. Files that they may want to get access to while not at home… All those are going to be things like taxes, receipts, medical forms and data, scans of important documents, etc. like, that’s the point.
New Report: Over 40% of Google Drive Files Contain Sensitive Info
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-drive-files-contain/
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thejml@lemm.ee 11 months ago
deaf_fish@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The first step towards societal change is to admit we have a problem. Studies like this are a necessary first step.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The article is specifically about Business Workspace accounts. The concerning part was that then about 1/3 of the sensitive files were externally shared.
To be honest, the article reads like blogspam for an up-and-coming cyber security newsletter. The “report” is just marketing for a data governance software company.
People putting sensitive documents on their personal Google drive isn’t much of a risk if they follow best security practices securing their Google account.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We share loads of shit externally that are private, but the people we share them with are the people it is relevant too so that stát doesn’t do much.
If I show recruitment information to the recruiters we hire that is an external share of private information.
tbhall77@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The other 60% were found to be Linux isos.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
New study confirms nearly 100% of all data in all cloud storage services and hard drives is actually Linux ISOs. Scientists baffled
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
no encryption google scans data literally global honey pot
Don’t trust other person’s computer for your sensitive shit
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If I want my files highly available and open for collaboration, I’d trust Google’s security over rolling my own.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Google’s non security you mean, since they can see all your files, and scan them, even zip files.
That’s not secure.
krellor@kbin.social 11 months ago
I would say don't trust free services in general. There are plenty of paid service providers that handle your data well.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
TbF I pay for Google drive (but still don’t trust them)
Marbles@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
How were they able to analyze 6.5 million files if 0.5% were publicly available? How did they get access to the 99.5% other files?
remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The numbers are listed poorly and not put in the correct context, me thinks.
6.5 million documents is nothing compared to the user base of 3 billion, so that is something to keep in mind. Each number given is not clearly compared against the total user base, the total number of public documents or any other condition they listed.
Hell, I can’t even tell if my guess is even accurate. It’s really bad writing and I am not going to download the original report to find out more.
Marbles@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
After I read some info on their website, I suspect the company sells security software to companies to investigate their own google drive usage. I guess they are reporting accumulated meta information their customers shared.
tux@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This article just reads as an ad for the scanning company.
Also, while it’s possibly true, it’s based off seriously small sample sizes.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 11 months ago
And sampling bias.
Plus they pick and choose numbers for a more drastic headline. “Sensitive” data is a very broad category, I don’t know what criteria they used but that could be as little as someone’s name being mentioned with a “todo” note. The quarter of a percent mentioned as having a “critical” issue I venture is closer to what most people think of when they read the title. Infosec consultants have a bad habit of inflating numbers until actual risks are lost in the noise.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When will we learn?
MNByChoice@midwest.social 11 months ago
We won’t and are encouraged to not.
hikikoma@ani.social 11 months ago
Normies are dumb as shit bro…stop expecting things from them.
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 11 months ago
What is the security problem with Google Drive, bad user settings?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Please read ToS
CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 11 months ago
autismismypower@fanaticus.social 11 months ago
TIL over 40% > 34.2%
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 months ago
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