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The messed up thing here, if I understand the article correctly, is that documents shared via a private URL containing a private key were all searchable via the
by johansch 10y ago
The messed up thing here, if I understand the article correctly, is that documents shared via a private URL containing a private key were all searchable via the search box on docs.com.
That's beyond being a UX issue, it's just.. wrong. So wrong that I could see lawsuits from this issue.
It's also a class of bug that I really couldn't imagine happening outside of Microsoft in terms of consumer software services from large-scale companies.
Here's a free idea for Google: Create a safety index service for saas stuff and then apply it to Chrome. I'd use it.
- nebabyte 10y agoI guess technically it could be an API or a permissions issue. But yeah, not UX
- alphabettsy 10y agoMaybe a UX issue because it allows people to, easily without proper warning, create a link for sharing like Dropbox, but unlike Dropbox it not only makes everything indexable, they even do it themselves and provide a search engine for the docs.
- contextfree 10y agoNot sure where you see anything about private URLs in the article?