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API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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I'd call this API misdesign instead
The worst is they paint it as "not a real leak" or "not a security issue" when it's even worse than that.
No no no. It's a public API so it doesn't count!