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This reminds me of the similar thing in Microsoft Office recently: it automatically shortened all links in documents, even private ones, with a URL shortener se
by aab0 10y ago
This reminds me of the similar thing in Microsoft Office recently: it automatically shortened all links in documents, even private ones, with a URL shortener service. URL shortener services are, by design, easy to brute force enumerate. Cue popcorn...
- epaulson 10y agoThe relevant blog post: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/vitaly/gone-in-six-characters-short-urls-considered-harmful-for-cloud-services/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/vitaly/gone-in-six-charac...