Creating File Canaries with Python
Get an Alert when Someone Accesses a File
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4 min readJan 25, 2021
Hello, World! In this article, I will demonstrate how you can use Python to create a simple file canary that sends an email to your Gmail account whenever a specified file is accessed. More specifically, in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to send emails and extract file information with Python and then use these capabilities to…