Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by spiorf on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @02:48PM
(#25752432)
Being a public website is not a "bug".
Being able to see deleted posts and download deleted videos is a bug.
I consider a bug also not stripping metadata from videos and images on upload.
Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by mlN90 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:33PM
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Lets not confuse bad practices with bugs.
Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by tanseydavid on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:54PM
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Bad practices oftentimes amount to defects -- what distinction are you making?
Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by mlN90 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:09AM
(#25772728)
I find bugs to be unintentional consequences of code, not consequences of bad design.
Imo if you build a house without a roof and call wet-furniture for a bug - you are using the word wrong.
Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by mxxx on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:46PM
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They were able to scrape “deleted” posts because they were just flagged but remained visible via the API. That’s a bug.
Re:An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
by schwartzworld on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:00AM
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HN doesn't store personal data, Parler required government provided ID and your social to participate. Hacking my HN account wouldn't let you do anything other than comment on my behalf.
Being a public website is not a "bug".
Twitter goes through lengths to stop someone from downloading all its content because Twitter sells that sort of access. They are motivated by financial incentives, not a desire to be 'competent' developers, or because integer IDs are some kind of amateur logic.