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docs: Update the "Making your own client_id" section for drive 

...so it accurately describes the new "Enhanced Security" Google process to get your own Client ID and Client Secret to use with rclone.
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@ -1031,14 +1031,34 @@ be the same account as the Google Drive you want to access)
"Google Drive API".
4. Click "Credentials" in the left-side panel (not "Create
credentials", which opens the wizard), then "Create credentials", then
"OAuth client ID". It will prompt you to set the OAuth consent screen
product name, if you haven't set one already.
credentials", which opens the wizard), then "Create credentials"
5. Choose an application type of "other", and click "Create". (the
5. If you already configured an "Oauth Consent Screen", then skip
to the next step; if not, click on "CONFIGURE CONSENT SCREEN" button
(near the top right corner of the right panel), then select "External"
and click on "CREATE"; on the next screen, enter an "Application name"
("rclone" is OK) then click on "Save" (all other data is optional).
Click again on "Credentials" on the left panel to go back to the
"Credentials" screen.
(PS: if you are a GSuite user, you could also select "Internal" instead
of "External" above, but this has not been tested/documented so far).
6. Click on the "+ CREATE CREDENTIALS" button at the top of the screen,
then select "OAuth client ID".
7. Choose an application type of "other", and click "Create". (the
default name is fine)
6. It will show you a client ID and client secret. Use these values
8. It will show you a client ID and client secret. Use these values
in rclone config to add a new remote or edit an existing remote.
Be aware that, due to the "enhanced security" recently introduced by
Google, you are theoretically expected to "submit your app for verification"
and then wait a few weeks(!) for their response; in practice, you can go right
ahead and use the client ID and client secret with rclone, the only issue will
be a very scary confirmation screen shown when you connect via your browser
for rclone to be able to get its token-id (but as this only happens during
the remote configuration, it's not such a big deal).
(Thanks to @balazer on github for these instructions.)