Linkedin Seems to Be Leaking Google Docs
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Linkedin rendered the thumbnail of the post alongwith the doc header as well. But lo & behold, turns out I can't access the doc because the doc was restricted to his google workspace!
Lol. What on earth? I guess this is some issue of caching gone wrong? Also, is Google letting linkedin have unrestricted access to its' google docs thumbnails & doc headers?
LinkedIn leaking Google Docs information when sharing restricted links.
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1.Whether the document had never been shared publicly, or if it was at some point before being restricted.
2.Whether LinkedIn showed only the title and a thumbnail, or any part of the document content.
3.Whether your friend is part of a Google Workspace domain (e.g., company/org), or a regular Gmail user.