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Writing "/etc/hosts" breaks the Substack editor

(scalewithlee.substack.com)
601 points scalewithlee | 2 comments | 25 Apr 25 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | 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. orlp ◴[25 Apr 25 14:15 UTC] No.43793805[source]▶
This is like banning quotes from your website to 'solve' SQL injection...
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2. betenoire ◴[25 Apr 25 15:29 UTC] No.43794623[source]▶
"magic quotes" have entered the chat :D