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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by Simulacra on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:01PM (#23970417)
No, I’m sorry I cannot do that, for me that would be doxxing. I work for a government contractor and have access to a databases of executive contact information. I think if you spent a little time with a search engine you might be able to accomplish the same thing otherwise.
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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by andai on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:16PM (#23970891)
That sounds kind of unethical. Or is the reasoning, you could have found it on Google anyway, so you might as well do it the easy way?
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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by Simulacra on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:50PM (#23971501)
Just because I have access to resources that you don't doesn't mean I should do the work for you. That's an entirely new level of wokeness.
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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by andai on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:55PM (#23983118)
I wasn't suggesting you give me the information, but that you probably shouldn't have obtained it in that way. It might also be illegal?
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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by oh_sigh on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:07PM (#23970453)
So you used your database to look up information to intentionally share files with an unwilling party? Interesting.
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Re:Google Drive – How do I stop others from sharing files wi... by aspenmayer on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:02PM (#23970794)
If they didn’t want files to be shared with them, Google employees are empowered to fix this in ways non-employees are not. If they show up in the share list, one can only presume they consented to this, as there is a way to opt-out; there should be a menu to configure this setting as well, and that is a good point to make, but it is a different, related point.
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