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the ability to edit titles is great. But the ability to edit the URL of a post is dangerous. (self.lemmy)
submitted 1 year ago by DrYes to c/[email protected]
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  1. I create a well crafted post to a normal site that gets 10.000 upvotes.

  2. I change the URL to a malicious site.

  3. ??????

  4. Profit

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[โ€“] BombOmOm 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

The url and title should both be locked after a post. The contents should be free to change, that way updates and such can be posted if necessary.

Comments can continue to work as-is, there is a similar danger there, but it doesn't matter nearly as much.

[โ€“] MarsAgainstVenus 10 points 1 year ago

Maybe have a 5-minute window to allow for typo corrections and such. Otherwise, yeah. This could become dangerous.

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