If you have a Google account or a smartphone, you've stumbled upon Google Drive. This Google service is a cloud storage service for your data. We will show you how you can best use this service and what advantages it brings you.
Functions
You can save all file formats in Google Drive . Right at the start, you get 15 GB of free storage space that you can use however you want. You can also expand this storage space up to 30 TB for a fee .
You can then access your files from anywhere - be it on the computer via the browser or on the smartphone via the Google Drive app . Would you like to share saved documents with others? No problem! Drive offers the possibility of individual files or entire folders with other release . They can then access it via a link and even note the link to the file in their own Google Drive. Edits to a file saved in Drive are then synchronized directly on all accounts so that you can work effectively together on a single file. This means that annoying sending back and forth or a version comparison for group projects is no longer necessary.
Incidentally, Google Drive has replaced Google Docs . In addition to using the cloud storage, you can also create your own documents within Drive. You can then use these like all other documents and share them with others.
One advantage and at the same time disadvantage of Google Drive results from the direct integration into the Google network . Google Drive is integrated directly into Gmail. This is useful for the simple processing of e-mail attachments. But it should become a security issue come with your Gmail account, all files in Google Drive may also be affected..
safety
So, as with any cloud provider, the question arises: How secure is my data actually? Am I well protected from hacking attacks ? And could it be that Google is rummaging through my documents itself?
Google itself is of the opinion that Drive is a safe service . However, Google's own safety instructions are not particularly meaningful. It is only pointed out that the user should log out or lock the computer when it is not in use. It is also pointed out that the strongest possible password should be used. How to find a password that is as secure as possible is shown here.
It can be assumed that no cloud storage is really completely secure . You can find out about data protection from cloud providers here. So you should n't store sensitive data on Google Drive . You should also save your saved data on a physical medium such as an external hard drive. For example, if Google has server problems or a hack deletes data, you will no longer be able to access your documents.
As such, you should think that your own data in the cloud remains protected without hacking attacks or the like. After all, there is still the right to privacy . However, the uploaded files are still searched using a combination of algorithms and manual control. The reason Google gives is to delete files that contradict the guidelines. But is this still legitimate if the documents are not only filtered by title, but Google employees are even allowed to look through the content ? So the bottom line is: if you want to use Google Drive, you should only use encrypted files upload. Here we will show you how you can securely encrypt your data in the cloud..
