| Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | trunky | 8/10/10 12:29 PM | I have a personal document which i created a year ago and it is totally private except to me and 1 other collaborator who has not accessed this document for over 6 months. I have just worryingly received an email from "http://trix.bounces.google.com" with |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | Gill | 8/11/10 8:55 AM | The good news is that this person won't be able to access the doc without your permission. I cannot say how they came across the URL - did you ever refer to it on a website somewhere? Maybe they were just trawling randomly. <<I will need to remove al |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | TechTanya | 9/13/10 1:05 AM | This just happened to me too! I just created a private spreadsheet and shared it with 3 other people. Less than an hour later I got an same email letter saying: Anthony HXXXX, at Xxxxx...@gmail.com requests access to the document called "XXXXX" H |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | Gill | 9/13/10 9:22 AM | What permission did you have at the bottom? "Only the owner can change the permissions." or the default "Editors are allowed to add people and change the permissions."? If it is the second then one of your colleagues may have forwarded it, e.g. to an |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | TechTanya | 9/17/10 1:01 AM | Thanks Gill, I changed it to "only owner" as soon as I saw that email request come in. The only Anthony I know is a family member and I did share the doc to him, but I know it was his email addy when I hit send (it was the only non-google address). |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | Gill | 9/17/10 12:50 PM | Um, I wonder if your Anthony had some kind of auto-forward on his email, so that what you saw in the doc sharing was in fact one of his accounts? Can you ask him? That would explain it and put your mind at rest. Otherwise I'm afraid I don't know - I |
| Re: Security Scare: Complete unknown stranger requesting access to a private non published document | trunky | 9/23/10 2:50 PM | Hi All Further to my original security scare posting. I have a theory how this stranger got to access the specific URL that linked to my private (and never shared) document. On further investigation of this stranger's email - I found out this person |