Hurry Up! Extra 2GB space for Google Drive for free! Official.

Guys, Google did this before and does again. It gives you 2GB to your current plan (usually 15GB) today ("Safer Internet Day") just for visiting LINK and checking your security of Google Account!

IMPORTANT! There is NO need to add your phone number or backup email! Just press Skip button.

 

Got it, thanks!

 

Thanks, got my extra 2GB

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didn't get it.

 

Did the promo expire? It's 5 minutes after the hour, and I had success less than an hour ago. I would have thought it would go till midnight, it's 11pm EST... where is your time zone?

Maybe fudge it and set it to PST

Here is the Google Drive blog entry with the info:
http://googledrive.blogspot.com/2016/02/safer-internet-day-2016.html

Update: I just noticed that this runs through the 11th...

"Please note: To receive this offer, you must successfully complete the Security Checkup by 11 February 2016. This bonus storage offer does not apply to Google Apps for Work or Google Apps for Education accounts."

I also logged out of Google and logged back in to get my updated storage size to show...

 

I'm in EST.

 

Yeah, but check my updated post, the Google drive blog entry says you have through the 11th, another 24 hours. Maybe log out of google and back in to see the added 2GB? I checked mine in Google Mail - gmail

"Please note: To receive this offer, you must successfully complete the Security Checkup by 11 February 2016. This bonus storage offer does not apply to Google Apps for Work or Google Apps for Education accounts."

Ahh, maybe I already had 17GB, and I will get *another* +2 for for a total of 19GB at some point soon.

I didn't check the before size, I assumed I had the default 15GB, but now that I think about it, I might have done a promo like this a few years in the past to get that 17GB total

There are posts to that Google Drive blog entry that indicate others aren't seeing the bump yet either, with an answer from google...:

"Deepesh Mishra February 10, 2016 at 8:43 AM
Just wait a little guys, it will be added within one month. Also you will be notified by the email."

I haven't gotten the confirmation email yet, but I did get the confirmation when I completed the "Security Check"... did you get that?

 

No email yet for "security check" Maybe that's it. I have 19GB already, but will take every GB I can get. Wish I could get more in Dropbox though.

 

I didn't get an email for doing the Security Check, my dialog when completing it confirmed I was getting the extra 2GB:

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Please visit this link and click on the diagram.

 

Done, I now have 17gb.

It's going to be tough to beat my onedrive storage though.

 

Thanks. According to that I got it, but thought I had 19GB before. In any case, great link. Thanks! Because of this I looked at ways of getting more Dropbox space and managed another 1GB for free.

 

Glad to help. Perhaps this extra bonus just lasts for 1 year so if I you hadn't checked security you would have lost 2GB from your current plan brought by Security Promo 2015. Who knows.

 

Thanks, It worked for me!


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I have not been able to get my head around online storage, all these websites getting hacked has me worried, I like the idea of being able to access my data anywhere i can get a wifi or cell signal though.

John.

 

@Tinderbox (UK) I thought the same until today I found uploaded photos on the Drive which I thought I lost due to bad sectors on HDD. These photos are from 2006 and who knows how they appeared on the Drive (and that is the only thing which sits on GoogleDrive by now) so now I plan to upload more photos there. Just in case.

 

I have found my files on Windows Skydrive, it was saving my document files there for some reason until i stopped it, I always disable Skydrive now.

Microsoft does enough snooping without giving them my documents.



John.

 

Use client side encryption if necessary. You don't have to abandon cloud storage altogether.

 

Is the extra 2gb expired as mine only show 15gb, no free 17gb.

John.

 

when I did, it only showed 15GB at first but when I click on Upgrade storage it showed 17GB. So it takes a bit time to update the current GB you've on the home page.