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Re:Gone in Six Characters: Short URLs Considered Harmful for... by stephenr on Friday April 15, 2016 @11:49AM (#11505245)
There is a lot of content from "cloud" apps that has "private link" sharing functionality, where "only someone with this link can view the <object>".

No, it really isn't security. But yes, it really does happen, and probably a lot more than you'd think.

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