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rentry_official · 32 answers · 2d

I'd like to improve the security of edit codes. How do these options sound to you?
* Add a 'strength meter' that requires a certain length, like a password. This would be based on how hard it'd be to crack, rather than fixed rules
* Switch the custom edit code option with a tickbox, making it so that only randomised edit codes are possible.
* Prevent re-using the same edit codes twice within the same 2 hours on different URLs (checked per user, not against all users)

the first one is great, the second one is bad for people with poor memory, and I don't really know about the third one

i think preventing using the same ec + strength meter is a good idea, strength meter seems more easily implemented though!

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umm so honestly the first one is the best option in my opinion, the second really shouldnt need to be necessary. the users should know that if they make something as simple like "cake" it would obviously be easy to crack so thats really on them 😭 (not saying the people guessing codes are right for it, its really sad those people exist). and additionally the last one and 2nd one would be horrible for people with memory issues, hell even putting it somewhere, it feels like way to much to keep up with maybe...

tldr: the first one is the best option

I'm stupid so I don't really understand the last two but I always keep my edit codes randomized, if that helps. I keep them all in a notion to keep track

i definitely think the first option is the best and i think the third has potential! so does the second option but i dunno about people who don't write ec's down...

Double codes or add an account feature so if you wanna change the edit code you gotta verify the account by logging in or something idk

I think the first option would be the best, the second would be too easy to forget and misplace, and the last just seems like. a hassle?

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