BEWARE or am I wrong?

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  1. #1

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    BEWARE or am I wrong?

    Just opened my gmail to find this email to my utter shock. When I followed the link it turns out I had opened about 6 or 7 documents this same way - all accidental and all marked not shared.

    I had done this google search as my brother in law - a senior police officer - was retiring and wanted a resume. Luckily for me each time I did this there were no confidential issues I could see.

    Email I got from: [email protected]

    You used Gmail's "Open as a Google document" link to view the attachment called "Police Executive Resume Model".

    By doing this you saved an editable copy online at Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/^%%$$$#

    Google Docs allows you to:

    * Create and edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations online, from anywhere you have Internet access.
    * Share documents with others, even collaborating on the same document at once, in real time.
    * Know that your documents are safe. Since your content is stored on Google's secure servers, even if something happens to your hard drive, your documents are protected.

    You can always get back to Google Docs directly at https://docs.google.com

    Thanks,
    The Google Docs Team

    Questions? Take a quick tour or visit the Google Docs Help Center. Please note this is an automated message -- we won't see it if you Reply to this.


  2. #2

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    Erm... beware of what? Are you wrong about what? You clicked the button which said "Open as a Google Document" which then - shockingly! - opened it using Google Documents...