It looks like it might be possible to imread() an image out of google drive, once you have the file identifier.
img = imread('https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6Z9gtnwRLLTMDVTRWptemVwemM', 'jpg');
as it turns out to be a link to a web page.
The uc hint says to change the 'open' to 'uc'. And that appears to work:
img = imread('https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B6Z9gtnwRLLTMDVTRWptemVwemM', 'jpg');
imshow(img);
Now.. how to get the URL in the first place is a different question!
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