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API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names (www.hackread.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I'd call this API misdesign instead

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The worst is they paint it as "not a real leak" or "not a security issue" when it's even worse than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

No no no. It's a public API so it doesn't count!