

The company doesn't recommend opting out all files and says that only the files that you want publicly accessible should be opted out.

Google shared a copy of a sample email to show end-users what the message they'll get will look like. These emails will be sent out to users starting on July 26th. Users who have shared a file that is affected by this change will get an email from Google informing them of this change and how to opt out of needing those files from being updated. As a result of this change, we can imagine that lots of Google Drive links shared online on forums and other sites will no longer work as their owners neglect to update them, leaving them only accessible to the people that have already clicked the links before.Īccording to the post made on the Google Workspace blog, this won't affect all files. However, users won't need an updated link with said resource key appended if they've already accessed that file before in the past. XDA Developers reports: Once this change goes live, Google says that users will need a "resource key" to access a publicly shared link. The enhancements are being brought to Google Drive on September 23rd, 2021.

In a blog post today, Google announced a series of new security enhancements that will make many publicly accessible Google Drive links no longer accessible.
