Verifying file authenticity with Notary Service

Verifying file authenticity with Notary Service

If notarization was enabled during backup, you can verify the authenticity of a backed-up file.
To verify the file authenticity
  1. Do one of the following:
    1. To verify the authenticity of a Google Drive file, select the file as described in steps 1-7 of the "Recovering Google Drive files" (p. 161) section.
    2. To verify the authenticity of a G Suite Shared drive file, select the file as described in steps 1-7 of the "Recovering Shared drive files" (p. 163) section.
2. Ensure that the selected file is marked with the following icon: . This means that the file is notarized.
3. Do one of the following:
  1. Click Verify
    The software checks the file authenticity and displays the result.
  1. Click Get certificate.
    A certificate that confirms the file notarization is opened in a web browser window. The window also contains instructions that allow you to verify the file authenticity manually.

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