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Hi,
Who's gonna be able to find / see my presentations/drafts/etc I share to my collegues through Publish Online?
I don't wanna anyone to find documents – any other than to whom I share the specific link to the file.
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Yo can't make the link "secret", but realistically I don't think others are likely to stumble across it (unless someone publishes the link).
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How could ANYONE "STUMBLE across it"?
I don't get it.
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That’s the point…they couldn’t.
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Right, the Publish Online URLs include a long string of characters that are *undiscoverable*
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I did a bit of searching, found this. Not sure if the content owner wanted it to be found, but it is very good.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/f49ac87d-7aa3-4cf7-822e-841d674bbc92
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This is a nice example. It looks like just one page of a larger document, though.
Curious, there is no SEO on Publish Online pages, how did you search? Or did you type in random strings?
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Just.
adobe.com/view
You might be surprised.
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I get a 404
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Tried it from Google search, and only got one reply that was a valid Publish Online project, at the very top. All else were references to info about Publish Online. Am I missing something?
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Maybe it depends on where you search from.
Here is a screen shot. Again I do not think the content owner will mind.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/094e6309-c99d-43c9-987e-d3fa23cf5ccb
Is there an option to make you link visible to the world in Publish Online?
If we did a bit more digging I am sure we can find some more.
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There is quite of lot stuff here.
I wonder if this is some sort of data breach, Adobe?
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Well, actually, I don't see a lot of stuff, at all.
I see this one document, which is the same one that came up in my search, but no others. Only the one. I also don't see the original example you mentioned.
So I'm not sure there's much of a concern here. Though I don't know why this one page is coming up in such a search.
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Yes there is quite a lot of stuff, most seems to intended. Which is good.
That is an odd link, and the one with the map.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/f49ac87d-7aa3-4cf7-822e-841d674bbc92
https://indd.adobe.com/view/094e6309-c99d-43c9-987e-d3fa23cf5ccb
As they are direct links found through a simple search. I wonder what search expert could find.
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I would add that, going several pages deep in the search results, there are other Publish Online URLs (indd.adobe.com....), however, they are links that appear on other pages, with the other, top-level page coming up in the search result. This makes sense, as those top-level pages have SEO/metadata. The actual Publish Online pages do not. (Which some folks actually consider a drawback, as they'd like the Publish Online pages to come up in a search.)
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There are a lot that can be found.
Here is another that probably does not mind.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/4101c945-e727-40d5-b0c8-8bde9cab4dc5
There are a lot!
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FWIW, "view" in the URL means it has been embedded in another page. Again, not surprising these URLs are found. If you link to a Publish Online page, or embed it in your web page, it can be found. Not a big deal.
And back to the original question, if a stand-alone Publish Online link is created, it cannot be found by accident.
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Google search.
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"FWIW, "view" in the URL means it has been embedded"
Hmm, I think you might be wrong.
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Yes, you are right, I am wrong. I mistakenly thought "view" was part of the iFrame info for the embed code, but it is, in fact, part of every Publish Online URL. I would be willing to bet, however, that these are links which appear on some other page. Therefore, no security breach.
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Well, I could list loads of links, not going to.
There is a problem.
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I'm not sure there is a problem.
I believe these links appear in search results because the Publish Online document is linked to from another page. By one example shown in your screen shot above, go to this page, scroll down to the Risk Magazine link, and you will go to the InDesign page you found in your search results.
Risk Management Institution of Australasia | RMIA
Also, everyone who uses Publish Online should be clear it is not a SECURE url. While I maintain it is not easily discoverable, and no one can simply guess what it is, if the URL is shared, or appears in search results, anyone can then see the page.
For users who WANT their info to be seen and found, not a big deal. And back to the original question, I do think a stand-alone page, that is not a link on another page, can be safely shared privately with others and little to no risk. But it should not contain info that needs to be secure, such as SSN, etc.
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I think you are wrong. Look at the url under the main title, it is a direct link to the Publish Online. You are going through the parent page. My search was "https://indd.adobe.com/view" which revealed a direct link to Adobe servers offering up the page.
As far as the OP question, do not do it if you want your data secret. Well, actually, don't put it on the internet it you want it to be secret.
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Here is one of my very own. Not embedsed.
https://indd.adobe.com/view/ea8ad671-ea92-4a88-b512-c3de38694224
Any way, Adobe seems to be exposing other peoples content.
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Just because you don't see it, does not mean it is not there. I found these links in a simple search.
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