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Run, don't walk, away from anything that involves the word "surreptitiously". What may seem slick today may become a public relations nightmare tomorrow.

There are plenty of ways for good hackers to be successful while still being open, honest, and forthright with everyone else. Don't be tempted to take a shortcut that someone else might consider dishonest or underhanded. It just ain't worth it.

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I think you misunderstood the post. I wasn't suggesting anyone do this. I do privacy research and I was pointing out what should be considered a security hole in Google docs. I'm surprised it was confusing; I did use the word "malicious."

Yeah, this would be a great white hat hacker post, but as an actual suggestion for use, it's bad stuff.

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