The mystery of the disappearing Google Drive files
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The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished

UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

  • @SalamendaciousOPEnglish
    5•6 months ago

    Do you not have anything in the cloud or do you use another service? I was using carbonite but I gave them up years ago.

    • @[email protected]English
      16•6 months ago

      I have a local backup of everything in my NAS and then I create a nighty backup to backblaze B2. Costs like 1-2$ a month for 400ish GB. Never rely on one solution.

      • aardEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        How do you handle encryption? Best provided option with client side encryption I’m aware of still leaks filenames.

        • @surewhynotlemEnglish
          4•6 months ago

          Cryptomator to encrypt the whole drive, back up the encrypted files and their file names.

          That said, I’ve lost data this way before. Use at your own risk.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•6 months ago

          There is an option in truenas to encrypt filenames. I don’t use it, because I want to be able to restore one file if I need to.