--- title: Passwords stored in public Google Doc then showed up in... description: A developer discovered that a hostname and credential string had been exposed in a publicly accessible Google Doc, which then got indexed and surfaced in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/passwords-stored-in-public-google-doc-then-showed-up-in-search-results-t1dkqwzg1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Passwords stored in public Google Doc then showed up in search results | daily.dev og:description: A developer discovered that a hostname and credential string had been exposed in a publicly accessible Google Doc, which then got indexed and surfaced in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/passwords-stored-in-public-google-doc-then-showed-up-in-search-results-t1dkqwzg1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t1dkQwzg1.png og:image:alt: Passwords stored in public Google Doc then showed up in search results og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Passwords stored in public Google Doc then showed up in search results **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer discovered that a hostname and credential string had been exposed in a publicly accessible Google Doc, which then got indexed and surfaced in search engine autocomplete suggestions, highlighting the risk of storing secrets in shared documents rather than proper secrets management tools. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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