YAGG: Google Docs Sharing Quirk
March 8, 2009
TechCrunch’s Jason Kincaid’s “Google Privacy Blunder Shares Your Docs Without Permission”, if on the money, revealed yet another alleged Google glitch here. The issue pertains to inadvertent sharing of Google Docs. Mr. Kincaid wrote citing a Google generated message:
this sharing was limited to people “with whom you, or a collaborator with sharing rights, had previously shared a document” – a vague statement that sounds like it could add up to quite a few people. The notice states that only text documents and presentations are affected, not spreadsheets, and provides links to each of the user’s documents that may have been affected.
To be on the safe side, sensitive Google Docs might be happier on your local computing device. The addled goose loves things Google. YAGGs make the goose nervous. You may be different–at least until the alleged matter is clarified.
Stephen Arnold, March 8, 2009
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