Re:Ask HN: What project are you currently working on? – April
by privacythrow on Saturday April 18, 2015 @07:32AM
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Seems you're building an authentication mechanism which is based on private links. You should keep in mind that with services like similarweb.com, which steal users click-stream using a number of extensions that sell them this data, the concept of private links no longer esxists. Open a link in your browser, an extension sends it to similarweb.com, and the "private" url will be displayed on their dashboard, to their premium users.
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Re:Ask HN: What project are you currently working on? – April
by arkokoley on Saturday April 18, 2015 @04:20PM
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The authentication mechanism actually uses cookies, that don't expire for a long time, to authenticate the user. Private links come in when the user wants to log in via a device which he does not usually use.