Edward
Adam SmithIncredible post. His sister is at university, her dissertation is in Google Docs - all locked out.
Huubje
deBaer@adamndsmith The whole Internet has turned into such a complete shitshow. Hopefully, more and more people will start to realize that local files stored on computers and local backups exist before it's too late.
ArneBab@adamndsmith "In Front of Gemini Live" -- doesn’t that mean that Google is at fault?
It was their interactive tool, after all, which fakes personal interaction and transfers data to unknown places but did not stop before it became criminal activity.
contrasocialIt probably would not be Google's fault in court because Google has a lot of money.
Ed Neal@ArneBab @adamndsmith definitely some sort of tool interaction going on…
vampirdaddy
NormanDunbar@vampirdaddy @adamndsmith Do you happen to know when "World Remember to Test Your Backups" day is please? 🤔
woe2you@vampirdaddy @adamndsmith I didn't even know that was a thing. On any given day it's always about 20 different World $thing Days, it's impossible to keep track.
Electropict
not a martian, honest@electropict @adamndsmith "I had it ready, but AI got to it and now it's all wrong"
C++ Wage SlaveI'd love to be able to boost this. Would you mind pasting the text from Reddit into the image alt text, please?
@CppGuy done!
Thanks, Adam. Boosted.
derralf@adamndsmith If the #bofh (this is: Bastard Operator from Hell) stories told us one thing since the 80s: If your data is residing on the computer of someone else (be it controlled by an slightly evil sysop or an slightly more evil corporation) bad things can happen.
Its sad that this lesson has to be learned again and again...
Its sad that this lesson has to be learned again and again...
Clutha🏴🇸🇩🇺🇦@derralf @adamndsmith
Our guru on offshore oil & gas platforms for all things computerwise advised us 30 years ago that emails were as secure as a postcard.
Our guru on offshore oil & gas platforms for all things computerwise advised us 30 years ago that emails were as secure as a postcard.
Andreas Lindholm@adamndsmith Please let this be an April 1 joke.
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)@andreaslindholm @adamndsmith It could be. OP gives the order of events in a comment, saying they each lost access to their accounts one by one, then received an email with the CSAM allegation. How did they receive it, when OP made it clear that they couldnʼt access their Gmail accounts?
HTPC NZ@adamndsmith Captain Gemini is at the wheel... But hey Copilot is the biggest threat right... At least that's what's constantly posted around here in the fediverse when it is very obvious which one of the two will become the ubiquitous BS generator for the masses...
Leeloo@htpcnz @adamndsmith
I'm pretty sure they are both the same garbage. How did you get the impression that Gemini is a lesser threat than CoPilot?
I'm pretty sure they are both the same garbage. How did you get the impression that Gemini is a lesser threat than CoPilot?
ancilevien74@adamndsmith Is it real or a 🐠?
(Some time ago, someone was booted out of his google account because he used g. drive to share a medical photo of his young child with their physician. So I'm inclined to think this is legit, but, it's April 1st 🙄🤬.)
(Some time ago, someone was booted out of his google account because he used g. drive to share a medical photo of his young child with their physician. So I'm inclined to think this is legit, but, it's April 1st 🙄🤬.)
@ancilevien74 @adamndsmith
I got booted off FB with no explanation and no appeal, possibly due to industrial language re Scottish Independence debate.
Led me to Mastodon so Zuckerberg did me an enormous good turn.
I got booted off FB with no explanation and no appeal, possibly due to industrial language re Scottish Independence debate.
Led me to Mastodon so Zuckerberg did me an enormous good turn.
tastyraspberry
Eh?!?@adamndsmith
If it's not an #April1st fish, it'd be a glorious way to celebrate yesterday's #WorldBackupDay
If it's not an #April1st fish, it'd be a glorious way to celebrate yesterday's #WorldBackupDay
not ch1c@adamndsmith forever amazed people put so much trust into the company with the baby-talk name, no customer focus and a passion for graphic design that once openly rescinded its pledge not to be evil
teacher_rick 🇪🇺@adamndsmith April 1?
KerplunkIncredible post. His sister is at university, her dissertation is in Google Docs - all locked out.
Subreddit: r/LegalAdviceUK • 52m ago User: NearbyNeck3162 My son pleasured himself in front of Gemini Live with the camera. My entire family have had our Google accounts banned.
PLEASE PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE IN ANY WAY.
Keeping everything important on google or any other single provider is crazy.
ALWAYS BACKUP IMPORTANT DATA
ON MULTIPLE DEVICES AND KEEP THEM WELL SEPARATED.
Ariaflame@Kerplunk @adamndsmith Rule 1 for any research writing. KEEP BACKUPS.
HarriettMB@adamndsmith She’s not even attributing any blame or responsibility on her son, or taking any for herself in not explicating him about his behaviours on a public site. #karma
Sin Vega@HarriettMB @adamndsmith Why would they, in a post whose purpose is to solve the problem? Who they blame or what they say to their son is irrelevant and would only invite pointless tangential arguments from randos
Toot Terrorist@adamndsmith Not the first kid to destroy his father's business by being a wanker.
malte@adamndsmith Truly amazing and bookmarked. I wonder if it is stories like these that ultimately will convince the people that have locked up their entire lives in Google's servers like this person.
Marc Geffen@adamndsmith Legally speaking, Google accounts are a revocable license to use its platform. Be sure to back up all your data onto storage-able mediums or other platforms, you don’t “own” anything in the cloud!
Leela Torres@adamndsmith
Lex Big Tech is great. Just ask the International Criminal Court
Lex Big Tech is great. Just ask the International Criminal Court
TrimTab 🇺🇦@adamndsmith
Yet another family sleeping with leopards in their house. It's always a shock to discover they eat faces. And the AI snitch surveiling the wanking son is a delightful plot twist in this tale...
At this point in human history i have lost sympathy for those who put their personal data into the revocable trust of strangers, and then act shocked when access is revoked. Sorry, not sorry.
Max mal Richtig 🌱🚲@adamndsmith Just to throw some thoughts around...
In such a case, would it work to request your data under GDPR article 15? (At least if you live in the EU.) 🤔
@maxmalrichtig @adamndsmith Scotland is, alas, not part of the EU.
@ariaflame Correct. But I am not searching a solution for this SPECIFIC case, as the post is most likely an April's fools joke anyway. But given the hypothetical situation, would such a request work (as long as you live in EU)?
@Clutha Hope for a speedy process! We miss you! 😥
Retro Gerry@ariaflame @maxmalrichtig @adamndsmith britian has its own GDPR, innovativbely called the "UK GDPR" it would cover this sort of thing. (if it were real)
the ICO has more info if you want to have a deep dive into it.
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/
tyil@adamndsmith Not the first time such a thing happens. Google is notoriously bad in "customer service". Wonder if that has anything to do with this not being the first time, and people continuing to put their entire digital life in their hands regardless.
Graeme 🏴@adamndsmith Beyond me why anyone would use any of these services. Keep it local and backed up, and if you want to use a cloud service, host your own, or use a trusted provider you know...
Absolute Beginner 🏳️⚧️@adamndsmith Karma knows exactly when to do things right.
DesatyrNo April Fool? 😬
Hasani Hunter@adamndsmith I probably did all kinds of dumb things when I was 14, but that was before the internet.
I do worry that these kids these days will do something that will live forever and have severe consequences either for them or their families.
The lesson here is to treat these cloud providers like a tinderbox. Only put data there that you have backups for, or use them as a secondary place for storing files.
LFpete@LFpete @adamndsmith I have serious concerns in regards to the 14-year-old's mental health.
I can't even imagine doing something you think is private and harmless only to have it to destroy your families life and get the blame for it.
The reddit post commenters seem to focus on the 14-year-old and NOT the unaccountable and faceless trillion dollar corporation.
This situation is unacceptable given the power these cloud providers have over their customer's lives
Drey@adamndsmith - Hard to say. The thing is you need your Data moved to a different cloud system once you get in.
Drew 🇵🇭 ♾️@adamndsmith
Hahaha.
Usual post about the cloud being someone else's computer.
Tony Hoyle@adamndsmith It feels a little made up.. a story of what theoretically could happen. Given the date I'll assume it is.
ÉléanoreThis kind of things already happened.
Outside of 1st of April.
Perhaps it is a joke, but it is still exactly what could happen.
@sous_mon_masque @tony @adamndsmith My thoughts, too. Not outside the realm of possibility, but a little fishy when OP says in the comments that they lost their accounts, then they received an email about CSAM. How did they receive that email when they told us that they had lost all access, including Gmail?
canleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁@adamndsmith Where did that overreliance in bigtech come from?
Toni Aittoniemi@adamndsmith Google does not give a fuck. For nobody.