We share a folder inside a sharepoint document library, with external users (via link where they need to authenticate with their e-mails and the code received to their mail) with View only permission.
The external users are able to see all the activity clicking on the (i) on the top right corner of the Document Library. They can see who edited what, when... with who they shared something, etc.
That is ok for internal users to be aware of the activity, but external users with View permission... that's too much information.
Our use case:
We share a folder with several different contractors so they read some documents and later send us an offer to participate in the project.
So now they are able to see who are the other "competitors" !
They can see that an internal user shared the folder with a lot more people, they can see the exact e-mails, etc. They can then call or mail each other... and well, you guess how that may represent an issue.
I know that there's not an OOB option to deactivate the Folder Activity for external users (I can't understand how and why such an option doesn't exist yet!) but maybe someone can help me code something to "hide" the (i) for external users or something like that ? Or show me an alternative.
I'm the tenant Admin, it's not my personal need, but my user's need, and I totally understand the problem.
Any idea?
Thank you so much !