Do you have a source for this claim? I'm very interested in reading about it

Ridiculous enough to warrant engagement though, isn't it?

Does this have any serious implications for the average VPN user? Like would any torrenting reveal your IP without port forwarding?

My only reccommendation for a replacement for google drive would be to encrypt the files you save their using Veracrypt. No external server is safe to store data on.

do we have any grounds to request our data if we are not citzens of California or the EU?