Hey everyone, Has anyone had security issues with Google docs? A friend of mine had some sensitive information there and it's been used maliciously. I told him that it wasn't secure but now he's learnt the hard way. Anyone else had any problems with docs? Thanks, D
No problems until today. im using google docs last few years, fine for me.. Please check this google doc for more information. http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37615
Maybe the account was compromised. Good point by thanapa, you should read this: http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37615
Our company does a lot of work with outside contractors, so google docs was nice for that (collaboration). But once a contract was over, no one thought to revoke sharing access to outside consultants, etc. So we ended up with dozens of docs with very sensitive information that was still available to people we were no longer working with, and as the admin, I had NO idea that they were still shared. Let's just say this was not good. I just recently found a Google Apps Marketplace application that really helped to show which docs are shared with who both inside and outside our company. It's called Aprigo Ninja for Google Docs (it's on the marketplace at Google), and it's free for companies with 20 or less employees. If you have more, there's a monthly cost.....though I'm not sure I'd pay for it. Worth checking out though.