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   Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:47 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

   Major #privacy #security #error in #pCloud, and I recommend an immediate halt to using their services until the problem is audited and corrected.

   When I log in to pCloud for Windows 5.0.12, someone else's data is showing up on my mapped P: drive, intermingled with my own.

   (UPDATE) I am now seeing that I am not the only one seeing this problem. I am deleting pCloud from all my devices as soon as I back up my files via #Linux, and then requesting account deletion.

   DELETED.

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     rsp (rspfau@ecoevo.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:44 JST rsp

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     @gcvsa I noticed a few months ago that there didnt appear to be many pcloud users on Fediverse. Might explain the lack of responses here? Thanks for sharing...it's disturbing to say the least.

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     Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:45 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

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     This data leak is really upsetting, because #pCloud is the only cloud storage service that offers a free account, and clients for all major platforms (Win, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS/iPadOS), with no device limits, and since I've switched to #Linux as my primary OS this year, I absolutely was relying on it every single day.

     The only other known alternative is Dropbox, which limits the number of devices, so I can't use it.

     I have 7 syncs:
     Win/Linux PC
     Win/Linux laptop
     Linux laptop
     iPhone
     iPad

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     Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:46 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

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     #Urgent #Security #Privacy #Alert To reiterate, I saw someone else's files in my pCloud Drive, running #pCloud for Windows 5.0.12 on Win 11 Pro 25H2.

     I did not see any foreign files in the pCloud web interface, or pCloud for Linux 1.14.18 on #Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon.

     I did not check my pCloud clients on my iPhone or iPad.

     Seeing multiple reports of the same issue on Reddit r/pcloud, I backed up my data, deleted it from pCloud, deleted the clients, and requested account deletion from pCloud.

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     Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:46 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

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     At least one other #pCloud user in r/pcloud reports seeing foreign files on pCloud for macOS (unsure what version).

     I have screenshots of someone else's data files appearing on my computer. Many other people have posted screenshots. This is not a hoax.

     I'm not going to open a Reddit account and wade into the cesspool that is Reddit, not even for this. It's enough for me to see multiple confirmations of the problem I personally experienced to know that it's real and widespread.

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     Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:47 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

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     I don't have an account on Reddit, but there are reports about this all over r/pcloud, and it looks like this issue has existed since at least Jan 19, 2026, with no communication from #pCloud.

     Recommend immediate file backup, data deletion, and account deletion. This is the most egregious user isolation #privacy #security #breach I've ever seen in my life.

     I have no idea if my data was compromised, but I definitely saw someone else's data in my account on Windows, but not on #Linux, or web.

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     Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2026 21:37:47 JST Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

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     I'm tagging #Linux here because #pCloud is one of the only cloud storage providers with a Linux client, so there's a good bet that a lot of Linux users are using it.

     I only discovered this issue because I was trying to edit a file on Linux, and I don't think Bluefish is up to the task, so I switched to my Windows system to use Notepad++, and when I opened my pCloud, the file wasn't synced.

     I went back and forth between both systems, trying to get the file to sync, when I noticed foreign files.