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0 pointsipaddr5y ago0 comments

Not too many engines indexing my drawer at home.

One link to your document will still get it indexed or no links but using chrome.

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arghwhat5y ago

Not too many engines indexing the web as a whole either.

One person hearing about your document or finding it themselves is all it takes in the real world as well.

ipaddrOP5y ago

But to retrieve the document you would have to go in my drawer?

Not the same at all.

Maybe if the draw was outside and there was a camera showing inside of the draw and if anyone could travel at the speed of light. Still not the same at all.

arghwhat5y ago

The odds of me finding an unlinked file on a random server is lower than me ending up physically being there to open your drawer.

But even then, the information leaks without the document itself. "I heard he is going to resign" is all it takes.

ipaddrOP5y ago

You are leaking more information online than you realize. If your contact viewed that in chrome, google may have already visited the unlinked document.

Google is really interested in indexing anything it doesn't know.

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seba_dos15y ago

It is the same. If I'd like to share a draft letter with someone over IRC's DM or some internal IRC channel, I'd upload it to my HTTP server's "stuff" folder with file listing disabled and paste the link.

ipaddrOP5y ago

If you dare open that in your chrome browser your extensions, your seo toolbar and google will know and come and index those files for you.

To get access to a random's person house let alone drawer would be impossible and extremely costly and risky in most scenerios.

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arghwhat5y ago

Not too many engines indexing the web as a whole either.

One person hearing about your document or finding it themselves is all it takes in the real world as well.

ipaddrOP5y ago

But to retrieve the document you would have to go in my drawer?

Not the same at all.

Maybe if the draw was outside and there was a camera showing inside of the draw and if anyone could travel at the speed of light. Still not the same at all.

arghwhat5y ago

The odds of me finding an unlinked file on a random server is lower than me ending up physically being there to open your drawer.

But even then, the information leaks without the document itself. "I heard he is going to resign" is all it takes.

ipaddrOP5y ago

You are leaking more information online than you realize. If your contact viewed that in chrome, google may have already visited the unlinked document.

Google is really interested in indexing anything it doesn't know.

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seba_dos15y ago

ipaddrOP5y ago

If you dare open that in your chrome browser your extensions, your seo toolbar and google will know and come and index those files for you.

To get access to a random's person house let alone drawer would be impossible and extremely costly and risky in most scenerios.

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