Creating Google Drive client ID for someone else's Google Drive

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I backed up my Google Drive to my PC using rclone. It was easy to setup.
Now my family members want me to backup their Google Drives to my PC.

The instructions on https://rclone.org/drive/#making-your-own-client-id say:

Here is how to create your own Google Drive client ID for rclone:

  1. Log into the Google API Console with your Google account. It doesn't matter what Google account you use. (It need not be the same account as the Google Drive you want to access)

Taken literally, if I create a Google Drive client ID using my Google account, that client ID can be used to backup my mother's Google Drive.
Will that work?

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Yes it will work but you still need other account credentials to authenticate token.

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just to point out, another possible option might be --drive-shared-with-me
which works, without the need to create client id/secret.

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