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>Everyone I’ve talked to about this has been surprised, and maybe a little unnerved, to discover that whenever they share a Google Doc with someone, they’re als
by malka 6y ago
>Everyone I’ve talked to about this has been surprised, and maybe a little unnerved, to discover that whenever they share a Google Doc with someone, they’re also sharing an extremely detailed record of them typing the thing.)
No shit. I'm stopping to share anything on Google docs now. Who knows what secrets are here somewhere ?
- momokoko 6y agoI always make a copy and then share that when I’m ready. This is the only method I’m aware of to remove history.
- oauea 6y agoIndeed. It's definitely happened to me before that I accidentally pasted, then removed, some credentials from a Google doc. Usually the expectation is that as long as you don't hit "send" it's fine, but this is clearly not the case here.
- closeparen 6y agoWe've just made it a first class part of our workflow. Colleague tells me he's made a round of edits; I check the history to see what they are. Promotion committees also use edit history to validate whether "coauthors" really are.