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Description: Google has confirmed that a software bug in its Google Docs online applcation service exposed documents thought to be privately stored.

The problem was fixed by the weekend, and is believed to have affected only half a percent of the digital documents at a Google Docs service that provides text-handling programs as services on the Internet.

According to Google, the problem occurred in cases where people had chosen to collaborate on multiple documents and adjusted settings to allow access to others. Collaborators were unintentionally given permission to access documents aside from the ones intended.

Google and other companies (such as Drop.io) are encouraging users to migrate online software-as-a-service and other offerings “in the cloud,” instead of using desktop software. The companies insist the move is safe, but just where do you draw the line?

Original URL: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14235

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- JDP
  
  9 months ago
  
  1/2 of one percent is not much ... until one starts getting into really big numbers (like millions or billions) - which is exactly what the internet does (and what the "cloud computing" vendors hope will happen)!
  
  1/2 of one percent is not much ... until one starts getting into really big numbers (like millions or billions) - which is exactly what the internet does (and what the "cloud computing" vendors hope will happen)!
  Commented in: Security and Intelligence, Google Web Apps, Information Security, Computers and Telecommunications, Cloud Computing, Twine News, Information Data Security, Conscious Awareness, Google, Accountability, Privacy, techMix, The Skeptic, Competitive Intelligence & Technology Assessment, InfoSec Twine, Unintended Consequences/Unexpected Results, Cloud Computing
- cybershade
  
  9 months ago
  
  every software has bugs - the solution is to limit as far as you can the damage from those bugs. the other side is the moral problem, which is far much difficult to solve.
  
  every software has bugs - the solution is to limit as far as you can the damage from those bugs. the other side is the moral problem, which is far much difficult to solve.
  Commented in: Conscious Awareness
- shal
  
  9 months ago
  
  Without serious security considerations, it won't take off easily... That's for sure...
  
  Without serious security considerations, it won't take off easily... That's for sure...
  Commented in: Cloud Computing
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