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posted by janrinok on Sunday September 17 2017, @07:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the use-it-or-lose-it dept.

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Google will automatically [begin a delayed - Ed] delete all of a user's Android backup files — stored in his Google Drive account — if the user does not use his phone for two weeks. After Google detects this period of inactivity, it will start a 60-day counter for old Android backup files. After that counter reaches zero, Google will delete the backup files from the user's Drive account.

The auto-delete function was discovered this week by a Reddit user who used it to create backups for a defective Nexus 6P. The user sent back the phone, and while he waited for a replacement, he saw that his Nexus 6P backup files stored were marked for deletion.

[...] People who rely on Android's built-in Drive-based backup system should keep an eye out on the Backups folder. Storing backups offline or using specialized backup & restore Android apps is an alternative.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/google-will-auto-delete-android-backups-if-users-dont-use-their-phones-for-2-weeks/


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 17 2017, @09:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 17 2017, @09:06PM (#569489)

    I read "google" and "delete" in the same sentence. Is it April 1st yet?

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