The concept behind this Google/Gmail file sharing is certainly interesting. However as the article below points out, it may not be long for this Earth as Google may not be inclined to allow it to continue on.

Hardly a week goes by without Google introducing some new feature related to its search engine or email service. Google “hacks” are popular too, such as gmailfs, a mountable Linux file system that uses your Gmail account for storage, or simpler twists, such as Google cooking, where you “Google” your ingredients and the search engine delivers recipes. One of the latest hacks is G2G Share, a twist on traditional peer-to-peer networks. But the young creator of the service says he’s not sure how long Google will allow it to remain active.

G2G Share has only been around since November, but already has more than 7,000 users and 127GB of data. A PHP script logs into subscribers’ Gmail accounts and makes a list of all the files there, then publishes them with links on the G2G Share Web site. Anyone who visits the site can search for and download any files they please.

“If someone wants to download a file at your account, the system accesses [it] and forwards the mail with the file,” says Robbie Groenewoudt, the 17-year-old author of G2G Share. “Everything is done by the system and no user will ever see any passwords.” Gmail’s labels serve as file indexers, and mail account holders can specify which labels are shared on G2G and which remain hidden. [Read the rest]