[goldenarm]

Why post a Google docs copy of the original article?

https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/leaving-google/

[guhcampos]

The blog post is from June 19th. Google Doc from June 17th.

My guess? He shared the Google Doc link with his peers, but forgot that Google Docs links are public for anyone who knows the link, so someone just forwarded it to oblivion, and he was forced to publish that as blog post. The addendums kind of reflect that.

That's a great reminded that any Google Doc with a shareable link is basically a public document for all intents and purposes.

[falcor84]

This has little to do with shareable links and everything to do with the trust you put in whoever you share it with.

There's not much difference between them ctrl+v-ing the link to a third party, vs them ctrl+a, ctrl+c, ctrl+v-ing the contents to another party. If anything, by just sharing a link, you have a chance to disable the sharing and hope the content hasn't yet been copied.

[lotsofpulp]

>That's a great reminded that any Google Doc with a shareable link is basically a public document for all intents and purposes.

There is also a great reminder next to the button you click to get a shareable link in Google Docs.

[echelon]

> That's a great reminded that any Google Doc with a shareable link is basically a public document for all intents and purposes.

As per design.

Google gives you sufficient control over access permissions. If you make it public, you have to know anyone anywhere can see it once they get the URL.

I frequently share Google docs and sheets links widely and to entirely unknown readers. That is part of the utility of the tool.

[esafak]

Google Docs had the best authz system when it came out and it's still an exemplar.

[troyvit]

> That's a great reminded that any Google Doc with a shareable link is basically a public document for all intents and purposes.

I read that as "for all indents and purposes"

[layer8]

Discussion of the blog post (284 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496396

The blog post now also contains a second addendum that the Google doc doesn't have.

[jchw]

I think that article is rather a copy of the original Google Doc, judging by the included go link.

[zobzu]

it's typical for googlers to leave a note like this in gdocs when they leave As thats the standard at google. i imagine its the original and google hasnt decided to turn off public sharing on it