Our government restricts tons of information to the public, mostly being for security reasons. This is also creates lots of conspiracy theories which can lead to misinformation! My favorite conspiracy is 9/11 and the JFK assassination. The CIA is known to not be the most trustworthy three letter agency. Maybe this blog would put me on there watch list, who knows? The reason I picked this topic is because secrecy always intrigued me.
There are many reason for restricting documents, the main reason would be to prevent someone from accidentally publishing before polishing a document. This could spread misinformation to customers and stakeholders. When many people have access to the document to edit, mistakes can happen. Microsoft has built in tools to prevent this from happening. When restricting access, you can choose who you want to add and grant permission to either read or edit the document. You'll be able to add a password to heighten security also. This type of practice is used in many other fields as well, not just Microsoft.
