Is Google Drive secure? How Google uses encryption to protect your files and documents, and the risks that remain

To help secure your Google Drive, use two-factor authentication and be careful when giving other apps permission to use your ...
Techno-Science.net

How to Set an Expiration Date for Shared Files on Google Drive

Google Drive, which comes with Gmail, allows us to upload and share files with whoever we want. If the files are sensitive, we manually remove the sharing by altering its privacy features in the file ...

I went paperless using only Google Drive — here's how

Every piece of paper goes to a designated scanning spot on my desk. Then, I open the Google Drive app, tap +, and select Scan ...
ITWire

Google adds AI-powered ransomware protection to Drive for desktop

Google has launched an AI-powered ransomware detection and recovery capability for Google Drive for desktop, aiming to give businesses and individuals a new line of defence against one of the most ...
Android Police

Google Drive on desktop just got an AI-powered ransomware shield

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...
ZDNet

Ransomware and phishing: Google Drive will now warn you about suspicious files

Users of the Google Drive file and syncing app will now start to see warning banners if they open a potentially dodgy file. The new alerts are rolling out to Workspace Google Drive users globally ...
Digital Trends

Google Drive, iCloud, or OneDrive: Which cloud storage is most private and secure?

Google Drive, iCloud, and OneDrive are open on a PC monitor. Alan Truly / Digital Trends Cloud storage is convenient, syncing your files and photos between devices, but is it secure enough to keep ...
Wired

How to Password Protect Any File

You never know when one of your files might reach someone it wasn't intended to reach—perhaps through an email forward, a USB stick left behind on a desk, or maybe ...
Digital Trends

Watch out: Google Drive may have lost months of data

If you’re using Google Drive to back up your files, you may need to make sure everything’s in order — and perhaps even back those files up again somewhere else. While cloud storage is typically ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Drive flags macOS '.DS_Store' files for copyright violation

Google Drive was seen flagging '.DS_Store' files generated by macOS file systems as a violation of its copyright infringement policy. '.DS_Store' is a metadata file commonly seen by Apple users when ...
ZDNet

How to make a file available offline with the Google Drive Desktop Client

Google Drive generally makes it very easy to work with files offline, especially if you use the Chrome web browser. But if you don't work with Chrome (I prefer Firefox), what can you do? Fortunately, ...
Gizmodo

Best Google Drive Alternatives: Try These Five Instead

Best Cloud Storage Services of 2025 Best Google Drive Alternatives: Try These Five Instead Google Drive offers flexible storage and outstanding collaboration tools. Despite its nearly perfect setup, ...