Google found a funny way to show the anonymous persons who open a document in Google Drive. Instead of only using different colors for each person, Google Drive associates each person with an animal, so you'll see things like "anonymous anteater", "anonymous moose", "anonymous chupacabra", "anonymous axolotl", "anonymous kraken", "anonymous gopher", "anonymous jackalope". Google also uses special icons for each animal.
For the moment, this only works for PDF files, photos, videos and other files that can't be edited using Google's apps.
To test this feature, click a random photo from this folder and click the "open" button.
Here's the list: alligator, anteater, armadillo, auroch, axolotl, badger, bat, beaver, buffalo, camel, chameleon, cheetah, chipmunk, chinchilla, chupacabra, cormorant, coyote, crow, dingo, dinosaur, dolphin, duck, elephant, ferret, fox, frog, giraffe, gopher, grizzly, hedgehog, hippo, hyena, jackal, ibex, ifrit, iguana, koala, kraken, lemur, leopard, liger, llama, manatee, mink, monkey, narwhal, nyan cat, orangutan, otter, panda, penguin, platypus, python, pumpkin (sic!), quagga, rabbit, raccoon, rhino, sheep, shrew, skunk, slow loris, squirrel, turtle, walrus, wolf, wolverine, wombat. Missing anything?
{ Thanks, Yu-Hsuan Lin. }
Missing Tiger.
ReplyDeleteyeah it is missing the tiger
Deletehere cheetah (tiger) cheetah is also know as tiger
DeleteMoose and dingo.
DeleteCheetah and Tiger are two different animals...
DeleteBut in some parts of the world, both animals are referred to with the same name.
DeleteActually, Cheetah and Tiger are different.
DeleteIs leopard and Tiger same for you???? :D
no one refers a cheetah as a tiger
DeleteGuess it never dawned on some people living in their bubbles that there are languages around the world that group things. My birth language there was only one word for Monkey, Dog, Cat, Lion was used for all big cats.
DeleteI want to know who are the anonomous people and why do they have a nayan cat!?
Deletei need to know why do these animals pop up on your google doc or slides or any other google drive things
ReplyDeleteIt means people are viewing the document or the drive. Something must be set to public and they have access.
DeleteIt means people are viewing the document or the drive. Something must be set to public and they have access.
DeleteI had this happen to a Google Spreadsheet late last night. Only people in our organization has access to the file. It is not shared publicly. So how is possible someone else can access it?
Deletethey could possibly be accessing it via shared link while not logged in.
Delete^right
DeleteI just had this happen.. and while confused and worried for a moment I eventually realized that I am an idiot because I had the file open in a different browser.. but then logged out of google in that browser while leaving the file open and moving back to my other browser to see that an anonymous chupacabre was viewing our company files!? oh no!? wait... no.. it was just me.
I JUST made a document and shared the link with ONE person who hasn't even seen the link yet and i already have 4 anonymous animals "viewing" it before i even make link available..makes me nervous to be honest
DeleteWhy would Google allow an anonymous/random person to view something from the drive? What if it was supposed to be private? And how could an anonymous person view the drive? I am confused, and mad.
DeleteAnd also, how do you test the feature? I clicked the "this folder" button, but it just said said: Error 404
DeleteIt just said something about not seeing it.
Unicorns you click on sharing when in the document, and make it available by link or publicly. If you don't allow anyone to edit it, they will be the anonymous person. I think you can make it available to edit while they're viewing it and you can see who's viewing it but that risks people screwing up your file.
DeleteNot good Google, not good at all. There should be a default setting that only viewers INVITED to view have access. Then if the editor / admin decides to make it public it has to be altered to allow this from the default position of invites only. Like a lot of users I have company information on docs that I certainly do not want to be seen as common knowledge. Just sayin'
Deletecan i be an be an anonymous animal ?
ReplyDeleteno
Deleteyes just open it in an incognito tab or private window
Deleteno you can't just accept the fact that you're human
Deleteyes, when you enter a public document you are automaticly one.
Deletejust go to the comment thing and where it says how many people are there it will say what you are.
How can I prevent anonymous people to access documents?
ReplyDeleteSet it to private.
DeleteSet it to private.
DeleteWhy are you posting comments twice?
DeleteWhy are you not?
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DeleteWhy are you not?
DeleteMissing the Lion, the Tiger, and the Bear. Cat and dog.
ReplyDeleteAlso Unicorn. If the chupacabra and kraken are listed, then so should be the dragon, phoenix, mermaid, selkie, unicorn, werewolf, etc..
I love that you included selkie!
DeleteAlso Kangaroo is missing
Deletehave you actually seen those animals in the doc. because those animals listed (mostly) are not part of the animals.... -_-
DeleteInstead of Anonymous Dinosaur, they should really have done Anonymous T-Rex, Anonymous Stegosaurus, etc.
ReplyDeleteI cant get this 2 work
ReplyDeletehow to pick yours
ReplyDeleteyou can't, it automatically assigns one for you
Deletei had one on google docs yesterday.
ReplyDeleteBut I have it set to only allow someone to open it if they have the link, and I only sent it to one person, but now I have three anonymous animals looking at my document! Why?
ReplyDeleteTrust No One! Especially that anonymous pumpkin, there's something just not quite right about that one!!!
DeleteThe person you shared the link with most likely shared the link to others. Share privately only.
Deletehttps://support.google.com/docs/answer/2494888?hl=en
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z6V3MP4SxWAqC8--gw41oVJrnySQ9QUjICkaFi83M28/edit
ReplyDeleteDOCUMENT
DeleteYou havent set this tk public
DeleteI needed permission
I got Anonymous Manatee -- out of context I wondered if someone misspelled Maintainee!!
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ReplyDeletei got 10 people in a row
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DeleteYeah
ReplyDeleteYour A bit dum get off it we do not know you
So why!!!!!!!
One, my birth day, Two, Google docs and Google sildes has this feature.
ReplyDeleteIt works on Google docs and slides
ReplyDeletePut he gotta eat da booty like groceries
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fDKYMsLFd8v-zpdsMcu27bzFysgsb7tDvglky9zzdik/edit#slide=id.p4
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TVhAhfMRNp_vjmTFJYwPyXdUKPbjw4faQnYIrHOqL3c/edit#slide=id.p4
ReplyDeleteDon't make me think! Stupid feature.
ReplyDeleteMissing Capybara
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they hacked my somthin from my school anonymous moose was in my google drive with all my friends we were on our cheetah chatter thing then moose was in the chat..he said hi and he wouldent get out
ReplyDeleteWhy does any anonymous person get to open anyone's PRIVATE FILES?????????
ReplyDeleteCan someone from Google company explain, PLEASE??... I didnt get to read a thing about this in any contract. Needing some explanations.
I set my document to private and the anonymous animal is still there... getting weirded out now...
ReplyDeleteI set my document to private and the anonymous animal is still there... getting weirded out now...
ReplyDeleteStill confused as how you do this, can you guys help me?
ReplyDeleteI've got Walrus guy...
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DeleteYou're missing the loris.
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how do I add my email there so it wont be anonymous n so that people know I edited the document?
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ReplyDeleteCall me crazy, but I'm trying to find them all!
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they forgot to put every single anonymous animal in there
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