Are You Sure Your Google Docs aren’t Going Public?

Google has a very useful feature i.e. Google docs as it lets you have your own bit of storage in the internet so that you can save your documents in your account. But are you sure that your data are really private and secure? If you’re currently sharing spreadsheets, documents or presentations using Google Docs and most importantly if you think they may contain sensitive information, then go double-check the permissions settings of those shared docs right now.

Because, reportdly there are just too many options to choose from which can land you in trouble. There are options where

1. A person can edit your document if you haven’t selected otherwise.

2. A person will not even be asked his e-mail id if he wants to edit your documents or downloads them.

So, if you use Google docs, then make sure you have customized it perfectly.

Full story at blog.wired.com