[bad_user]

So why is Google looking inside the uploaded files, if the files aren't public? If the guy was a "hacker", so freaking what?

[Blahah]

No human is looking inside. Files are simply security scanned and assigned a probability of breaking the TOS.

[bad_user]

> No human is looking inside

Where's the relevance? I asked why is Google, the entity, looking inside of private files?

> a probability of breaking the TOS

And my question was, if the files are private, why should their content be against the TOS?

Also, locking somebody out of their account because of a probability generated by a script, without manual confirmation by a human?

OMG. Some people can lose their jobs or money because of such flukes.

[doodyhead]

Seems like it would've been best handled by an advance warning system, i.e., at least a few days or a week's notice that you're violating their TOS and need to take action.

[BHSPitMonkey]

> And my question was, if the files are private, why should their content be against the TOS?

They probably don't want to allow the services to be used to aid illegal activity. Say what you want about how technology should be completely agnostic to matters of culture and legality, but that isn't at all the case.