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https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/>
"On the evening of March 24, 2024, writer K. Renee was doing what she often
does: curling up on the couch and watching hockey with her husband. It was the
Dallas Stars versus the Arizona Coyotes. Renee has followed the Stars her whole
life. She was born the season they won the Stanley Cup. As she watched, she got
a strange message: a friend texted to say the shared Google folders where Renee
kept her works in progress were no longer accessible. Her friend had planned to
read and make notes on one of Renee’s stories and was surprised to be locked
out.
“You no longer have permission to view this document,” said the pop-up message.
“If you believe this is an error, contact the document owner.”
This was how Renee experienced a moment that most of us have heart-pounding 3
am stress nightmares about. All 10 of her works in progress—some 222,000 words
across multiple files and folders—were frozen. Not just frozen, but
inaccessible on her phone and tablet. When her husband fetched her laptop,
Renee logged into Docs and tried sharing the documents again. Then she received
her own message from Google.
“Can’t share item,” was the header. “You cannot share this item because it has
been flagged as inappropriate,” read the body text."
Via
The RISKS Digest: Volume 34 Issue 23
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/34/23#subj7
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
