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I don't understand why this is a major deal, though. Allowing users to rename resources will always result in this kind of behavior, but I don't see how this co
by amingilani 8y ago
I don't understand why this is a major deal, though. Allowing users to rename resources will always result in this kind of behavior, but I don't see how this could be a bug or a security hazard. Some similar things you can do:
+ Swap the handles and profile information on instagram — transferring Instagram followers
+ Swap the handles and profile information on twitter — transferring Twitter followers
+ Change the team name & URL on Slack — transferring Slack users
This is fairly widespread but benign behavior.
- franciscop 8y agoI agree, it's benign behaviour but developer and companies should be aware of the potential for misuse. Specially, stars in Github should not be considered a proxy for quality (I say this as the #2 most popular in star count in Japan). It's a warm reminder for the future, since as the JS ecosystem keeps growing exponentially people will very likely start to search for metrics such as star count to know what to trust. This made quite a bit of noise recently for instance: https://hasvuepassedreactyet.surge.sh/ https://hasvuepassedreactyet.surge.sh/