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Comment by eli | Hacker News Reader

I'm glad Google fixed this, but if something is important you really shouldn't be securing it merely by giving it an obscure URL.

Google Drive makes it very easy to say "only these named people" should have access, or "only people who have the link AND a google account for your company"

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>"only people who have the link AND a google account for your company"

I'm not on my work computer, but I can't remember there ever being an option for only let people with a company google account see this. If that was the case, why wouldn't that just be on by default (which I would argue is everyone's expected behavior on corporate google drive).

So, if I attempt to share a document, I have these options available to me: http://imgur.com/efTUXgY

They include:

     Public on the Web
     Anyone with the link
     lynch.us
     People at lynch.us with the link
     Specific people

Additionally, if I goto https://admin.google.com/AdminHome#AppDetails:service=Drive+..., I have the abilitiy to the set the domain-wide default sharing settings. As seen here: http://imgur.com/RL0eUhZ

At least for me, the default sharing option is only "specific people" named as being able to view it can view it. (Though, by default, they can also add other people.) Having the link is irrelevant.

It shows up if you are on a Google Apps account.

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