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Docstoc Launches Private Document Monitoring and Reporting
Online document hosting service Docstoc is out with a product update this evening. The update allows anyone who uploads private documents on Docstoc the ability to closely track and monitor usage of the documents. While Docstoc is known for public document sharing, this new set of monitoring tools allows a content creator to more closely track who is viewing the documents, email infomation, and the ability to lock documents for viewing online.
This seems much better than emailing around a PDF and potentially having it leave the circle. Users who aren’t registered on Docstoc get prompted to enter their personal information before viewing the requested document. As more and more online services tap our personal and confidential information (i.e. any Saas player), it will be interesting to watch the discussion around security and privacy.
Here’s Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar explaining how the new private document monitoring works:
This is a great way to see if people read the document you sent them.
Yea, will it reduce some emails to verify if they got the doc – perhaps.
thats pretty scary dude. I dont think I would trust that just yet.
JT
http://www.Ultimate-Anonymity.com
great, , thanks for sharing.
I’m not sure how this increases security. Asking for your name is hardly a security feature – one could just write a false name. I’m pretty sure “Hugh G. Rection viewed this document 24 times” wouldn’t help you figure anything out.
Just sounds like another way of obtaining info under the guise of securing info!