A.K.A."It works on my machine". Lucky you.
> Why were those documents ever on an Internet-connected device?
Because that's the whole purpose of 0bin.net. The fact it's a good practice or not has nothing to do with the current thread. Google should not follow links in my emails. Browsing links can have a lots of side effects, and given how little my clients knows about IT, their mails provider should not mess with their mails.
> Honestly, if you didn't know back then that Google was primarily an advertising company, and that they would scan your emails to generate targeted ads, you obviously weren't following along, which seems weird considering your obvious focus on security on privacy.
So your argument is that I made bad decisions so I should not criticism Google's behavior ? That's a weird stance.