Google Docs failed to keep privacy

13th April 2009

Google came across a problem, which allowed gaining access to certain documents on the service Google Docs, without a user`s knowledge. According to Google representatives, the gaps allowed re-opening access to documents for those users who had earlier gained access to these documents. The bug opened only text documents and presentations, but not spreadsheets.
Google has already fixed the bug and estimated that the problem could touch only 0.05% of all documents stored on Google Docs. Their owners have already received an appropriate notice. And, although the documents had been available only to those with whom you once shared them, the mere fact has became an excellent demonstration of the negative feature of such services, when a user can access his documents from any PC connected to the Internet.