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Be careful what you put in “anyone with the link” Google Docs

The next time you type something sensitive into a Google Doc—or any other online tool with a sharing feature—be careful about the permissions you grant. Speaking with The Register , the founder of QR generation service Pageloot said that he learned that the hard way. Siim Kostabi recalled how a contractor working for the company accidentally exposed login details for its staging environment—credentials that were never meant to leave an internal testing setup. The hapless developer had access to a staging environment (used to test new software code before it goes live). They stored the login details in a Google Doc and then set it to “anyone with the link can view.” It turns out Google Search can index Google Docs with that setting if the link becomes discoverable on the public web.…

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