Does this look like gmail is cracking down on piracy? Extra funny this is just them sending it to their kindle.
Also, Anna’s Archive linked me to a site for getting around this for Kindle but I forget + bookmarked on my laptop. Will edit this if I find it
It looks like a very basic screening tool to block suspicious file extensions from being uploaded/downloaded. I wouldn’t read (pun intended) into it too much, but it does mean you might have to work around it via sending epubs as zips or something. I doubt they bother scanning the contents of archives.
Does it link to the Google policy that they say that it violates? Are you certain the archive is clean and doesn’t actually contain an executable malware?
If you’re not sure, you could upload the book to VirusTotal and have it scanned.
Gmail blocks archives? That’s pretty shitty. Passworded archives, I could understand, but all archives? (Epubs are basically zipped websites)
What you can probably do is create an encrypted archive and selecting the checkbox that hides filenames. It’s what I usually do in that type of case.
It should prevent gmail from knowing what is in the archive.
I don’t even know I just want to amplify all novel reasons to hate Google
This has been a thing for years now. While I am sure it might annoy some pirates, it’s likely aimed at easily executed malware.
I deal with spam filtering on a daily basis and about 90% of it originates from Gmail. Most of that is just fishing/fraud. It would really suck if my users could easily detonate malware attachments, so this Gmail policy is a good thing for me.
I don’t even know why they deleted my account but at least I know my data is safe. Never looked back, but I have a mutualistic need to make people read
