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Re:Gone in Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for... by maxerickson on Friday April 15, 2016 @09:58AM (#11504298)
It shouldn't be easy to misuse a shortener that is built into a service like OneDrive.
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Re:Gone in Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for... by jessegreathouse on Friday April 15, 2016 @10:15AM (#11504440)
Until today I had no idea what OneDrive is, so I'll take your word for it. I would suggest that the problem is that access to the OneDrive resource starts and stops at the URL. Conventional security protocols are conventional for a reason.
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