Unfortunately, this was not the case for this user and we sincerely apologize for her experience,” a Google representative told BuzzFeed News. “For the vast majority of users, the default sharing permissions in Drive work as intended. really sick and helpless when I couldn’t remove myself from it,” she told BuzzFeed News. When Jessica tried to remove the folder from her drive, she couldn’t fully do it. The photos were innocuous, and she suspects the ex didn’t even know she could still see the files, but she wanted absolutely no contact with that person. When she searched “Christmas,” a folder of photos created by an abusive ex-partner popped up.

Recently, Jessica (who asked to omit her last name for privacy reasons) was searching in her Google Drive for a list of addresses to send Christmas cards to. This is because Google doesn’t offer a way to block someone from sharing content with you over Drive. Google Drive isn’t a part of the web where you’d expect to be vulnerable to harassment, but due to a quirk in the way shared files and folders remain in your account - even after you’ve removed them - it offers harassers a way to digitally seek out victims.

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