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Re:Clubhouse data leak: 1.3M user records leaked online for ... by jbluepolarbear on Sunday April 11, 2021 @10:15AM (#26770514)
Don’t return indexes with user queries.
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Re:Clubhouse data leak: 1.3M user records leaked online for ... by wongarsu on Sunday April 11, 2021 @10:22AM (#26770542)
Usually you need some external unique identifier so you can interact with the object. Sure, that doesn't have to be the db index, but it is the convenient choice
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Re:Clubhouse data leak: 1.3M user records leaked online for ... by azinman2 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @04:00PM (#26772939)
Except when you want to change databases, or grow beyond a single one, or shard what you have. If you do this you’re binding your future self.
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