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If the other party has read access you can't prevent them from reproducing/sharing it. You can make it cumbersome, but not impossible.
by dirkc 1y ago
If the other party has read access you can't prevent them from reproducing/sharing it. You can make it cumbersome, but not impossible.
- FinnKuhn 1y agoThat is correct, but putting a hurdle like this into place will stop the majority of people that don't know what they are doing and are just going to upload your sensible data to all sorts of places.
- CaptainFever 1y agoMost people know how to screenshot or take a picture. Similarly, these kinds of measures ("it'll make it harder which is better than nothing") usually just ends up annoying legitimate users while not providing any actual security.
- bccdee 1y agoWe're talking about Google Docs. Ctrl-A Ctrl-C takes moments, even in read-only mode. Sure, some hypothetical technology may be able to prevent this, but that's just not how people share documents online right now.