Right-click the file you want to report.They also have a process to report a violation: Google’s Terms of Service has a list of violations that can be reported for abusive content. Learn more and add your voice to the call for change here. Google is on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation's 2020 Dirty Dozen List. That requires them to do the coding work. Shared files on Google Drive are risky and Google itself needs to offer real solutions. Some attempt has been made to address this issue in the tech world, but the solutions are mostly cosmetic.
You can check your privileges with the file by right clicking on the file and then clicking “View Details.” If you are given a “ View” only permission by the spammer, then you can’t remove yourself from the share. There is one additional problem with shared files on Google Drive. You can right-click the file and choose “remove.” That will keep it from showing up in the “Shared with me” section, but it will continue to show up in the Quick Access area as well as in the search results for your Drive. In this case, the sender has a fake or anonymous username and the file is named “Private Massage.”Ĭan you remove the porn file without opening it? The Google Drive app will send your phone a notification that someone has sent you a file. All someone needs is your Gmail account and you can be sent anything from anyone, including pornography! When someone sends you a file or folder to your account, you don’t have to give permission to the sender to put it in your Google Drive – it automatically shows up. The file sharing system for Google Drive is the problem. Shared on Google Drive Help How is pornography getting into Google Drive? I don’t know what else to do besides deleting my Google account.” “Every single day…I’ve tried blocking, reporting, removing, and they keep coming. I'm heavily invested in all things Google, but this may prompt a family reevaluation. I had no idea I could receive anything via Google Drive from someone I didn't know until this happened. There has to be a way to stop/block this kind of thing. It's only been two so far, but it's extremely aggravating, and from what others are sharing, I doubt I've seen the last of it. “I've had Google Drive for years, and only in the last month or two started getting these porn spam PDFs shared to me. Google: please help - this sucks in the age of daily screen sharing video calls - makes us all look very bad." Seeing that other users are posting the same thing elsewhere, but wanted to call this out as "blocking spam files" as opposed to "restricting sharing" to get the correct resources working on it. There is no way to prevent this from happening in advance - only to report abuse afterwards. It will automatically show up in my drive, and show a preview of the document's image. “Getting unsolicited and sexually explicit spam files shared with me every day now. On the Google Drive Help forum a search for “Google Drive” and “spam,” yields many threads devoted to Google Drive’s pornography problem. What are people reporting about Google Drive? It’s a useful tool for both work and school. It allows you to store files in the cloud (online rather than using your local hard drive), share files with others for editing, and synchronize files across all your devices. Google Drive is an online file storage service created by Google.
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