Token revocation is hard

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15410236
by lightedman • 9 years ago
2 1 9 years ago

Medium.com allows you to use an unsubscribe link multiple times. Token revocation is hard, folks, learn your lesson from Medium.com - you can take any unsubscribe link sent with each e-mail, modify your settings, save them, then re-open that link from another IP and browser, and re-set the settings. No authentication required. You can type in TWO random 12-character strings and you're almost guaranteed to hit someone's account settings.

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