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"For teams to work across the internet, they need to be able to see who else views the document on their team." "Got it, agreed." "What if they make it public
by neogodless 7y ago
"For teams to work across the internet, they need to be able to see who else views the document on their team."
"Got it, agreed."
"What if they make it public, and the team is anyone on the internet?"
"Same! Name, email, maybe more?!"
No. No! If something is shared publicly, who views it should not be public knowledge. Or it should be screamed in blaring, blinking, marquee high-contrast banner across the screen to everyone before viewing the document.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoI'd be OK with just part of their email or something, or only first or last name (but never both, or switched). It should only be 1 bit of information that if it looks off it would alert someone that the link has been compromised. On the other hand I feel like Google Docs does the same thing.
- neogodless 7y agoI believe the way Google Docs works is that if you share something publicly, people show up as "Anonymous Animal" and that's about the limit of what you can learn about them, unless they are on the same G Suite account with you. Although I think you might have the option to "reveal your Google Account" to other users/viewers of the shared document.
- giancarlostoro 7y agoYeah that's what I meant, I've seen names on documents, didn't know the specifics of how they got there. All without logging on.
- johnisgood 7y ago> Although I think you might have the option to "reveal your Google Account" to other users/viewers of the shared document. Is it not the default when you are logged in? It used to be the case that when you are logged in and you visit Google Docs, you (your name at the very least) show up on the list of viewers.