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600 points scalewithlee | 1 comments | 25 Apr 25 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source

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paxys ◴[25 Apr 25 14:09 UTC] No.43793735[source]▶

This isn't a "security vs usability" trade-off as the author implies. This has nothing to do with security at all.

/etc/hosts

See, HN didn't complain. Does this mean I have hacked into the site? No, Substack (or Cloudflare, wherever the problem is) is run by people who have no idea how text input works.

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1. macspoofing ◴[25 Apr 25 14:10 UTC] No.43793752[source]▶

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My thought exactly - this isn't an example of balance between "security vs usability" - this is just wrong behaviour.

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Writing "/etc/hosts" breaks the Substack editor