Google has reached out to users to apologize after a “technical issue” saw videos uploaded to another user’s archives. In an email, the search engine giant said the issue affected the Google “download your data” service — called Google Takeout — for Google Photos in November last year.
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The irony is that many Google Takeout users download their data and subsequently remove it from Google servers...."
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@Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The irony is that many Google Takeout users download their data and subsequently remove it from Google servers...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/on-google-sending-videos-to-wrong-users
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@Josh Bohls, Founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Google’s lapse in sending individuals’ photos to other users sheds new light on this lack of protection...."
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https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/on-google-sending-videos-to-wrong-users
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@Josh Bohls, Founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Google’s lapse in sending individuals’ photos to other users sheds new light on this lack of protection...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/on-google-sending-videos-to-wrong-users