![]() Nearly 80 per cent of the Google Drive movies links are malware. “There are thousands of pirated movies, softwares, mobile apps uploaded on Google Drive and you can easily search in Google,” he said. The company does this on a voluntary basis, according to media reports.Īccording to Rajaharia, Google Drive is dangerous in a sense because one can search anything easily on its platform that other file-sharing websites. Google Drive matches the hash of copyrighted video content with files that are stored by users to identify pirated content. While Google doesn’t go into the details of its detection methods, it uses file-hashes to detect infringing content. But that does not necessarily mean that we review content, so please don’t assume that we do”. Under its terms of service, Google says that “We may review content to determine whether it is illegal or violates our Program Policies, and we may remove or refuse to display content that we reasonably believe violates our policies or the law. “Unlike other file sharing websites, Google Drive allows faster downloads so such illegal and explicit content is thriving on its platform,” the cyber security researcher claimed.Īn email sent to Google on if such content is being stored and shared freely on Drive did not elicit any response. The irony is that movies/games/software that have been removed from Google Search on the basis of copyright violation are available in Google Drive for faster download. Just do a search and download at will,” Rajaharia told IANS on Sunday and shared several such screenshots. ![]() One can search such links in Google Drive at ease. “Apart from thousands of porn videos, at least 25,000-30,000 links are likely sharing illegal content like malware, software, movies, games and what not. According to independent cyber security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia, thousands of such explicit and illegal content is being circulated via Google Drive, in zipped compressed files.
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