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Well if you're passing session data in a URL (logins or passwords as parameters, not the typical one-click to activate one-time links) you're doing something wr
by cddotdotslash 13y ago
Well if you're passing session data in a URL (logins or passwords as parameters, not the typical one-click to activate one-time links) you're doing something wrong. Second, Microsoft has no way of distinguishing a normal URL from a URL that has an &password parameter at the end. And finally, perhaps one of their bots is simply crawling the link to, like Facebook does, display a link summary or thumbnail. Or, as the article says, looking for spam.
I think it's pretty well documented at this point that Skype is not a secure video/chat product. But for the 99.9% of users outside of the "never read my data" echo chamber, it seems to be working fine for them. Use what works for you.
- sp332 13y agoIf you paste a "one-click to activate one time" link into a Skype session, the bot will click the link and then it won't be valid anymore for the legitimate recipient. That's a terrible idea.
- Ergomane 13y agoThe "one-click to activate one time" links should always lead to a page where the user has to perform a POST to prevent "smart" applications from using the token when trying to show a thumbnail / preview or offer other services. eg KDE (old) http://drupal.org/node/24398 http://drupal.org/node/24398