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Online Document Search Reveals Secrets

Posted by simoniker on from the when-is-delete-not-delete? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist is reporting that many documents published online may unintentionally reveal sensitive corporate or personal information, according to a US computer researcher. Simon Byers, at AT&T's research laboratory in the US, was able to unearth hidden information from many thousands of Microsoft Word documents posted online using a few freely available software tools and some basic programming techniques." Update: 08/16 19:06 GMT by H : The story is originally from Crypto-gram, not New Scientist.

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  1. their fucking spawn of satan track changes by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 0, Troll

    is probably whats doing this. GOD it sucks. Theyve manged to make it more confusing and less useable in XP than ever before. You ever tried to tell a user what to click on in a toolbar? WTF happened to putting the goddamn command in the toolbar???

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  2. Re:It's been said hundreds if not thousands of tim by shaitand · · Score: 0, Troll

    Solution: stop installing word on your corporate network. Stop allowing users to install software. No more problem.