Camichel says he discovered a test page for Gdrive, code-named "Platypus," in the main directory of Google's Writely online word processor. And he kindly posted a <a href=

Thomas Claburn, Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

July 10, 2006

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Blogger Corsin Camichel reports sighting Google's Gdrive, the company's long-rumored online storage service, following an expedition into Writely's directory structure.

Camichel says he discovered a test page for Gdrive, code-named "Platypus," in the main directory of Google's Writely online word processor. And he kindly posted a screenshot.As the screenshot shows, Google's forthcoming storage service claims to offer several advantages over local storage. These include the availability of backup files in case of computer loss, the ability to sync files across machines and operating systems, the ability to create shared workspaces, and offline file access.

Not listed among the supposed benefits of the service is this one: making your private files available to the government in perpetuity.

Google, of course, could avoid this possibility by offering encrypted storage. Too bad that won't happen.

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Thomas Claburn

Thomas Claburn

Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility

Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, InformationWeek, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful master's degree in film production. He wrote the original treatment for 3DO's Killing Time, a short story that appeared in On Spec, and the screenplay for an independent film called The Hanged Man, which he would later direct. He's the author of a science fiction novel, Reflecting Fires, and a sadly neglected blog, Lot 49. His iPhone game, Blocfall, is available through the iTunes App Store. His wife is a talented jazz singer; he does not sing, which is for the best.

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