Playing With Wire » Google Docs http://www.playingwithwire.com The Internet Startup Blog Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:45:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Is Google Docs having security issues with their sharing? http://www.playingwithwire.com/2009/06/is-google-docs-having-security-issues-with-their-sharing/ http://www.playingwithwire.com/2009/06/is-google-docs-having-security-issues-with-their-sharing/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.playingwithwire.com/?p=467 Today when I logged into Google Docs I discovered that I had a new document. With Google Doc’s collaboration feature, this is nothing shocking. What was weird was the following:

  • I don’t know the person who shared the document
  • I never received any notification regarding the document

When looking closer I saw something really interesting. The document was shared with ‘Everyone.’ I immediately became curious about this and tried to replicate this myself, which I unfortunately failed.

I have no idea what the person sharing the document did to accomplish this, but it’s a quite serious problem. Somehow I do not think the person sharing the document intended to share it with ‘Everyone.”

A serious Google Docs sharing bug?

A serious Google Docs sharing bug?


After talking to a few other Google Docs users, the document does not appear to be shared with everyone. Please let us know if you see the same document in your Docs too.

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