On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 05:54:47PM +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > The current behavior of paste.ubuntu.com, and what I assumed was the > > driver for moving away from this as a default, was that it requires a > > login to VIEW the contents of the pastebin. AFAICS this is not > > justifiable on the basis of preventing abuse with illicit/illegal > > pastes, that's already addressed by requiring login on the submission > > side.
> I think the current behaviour is to require login for at least one of > submission or view, so a paste created while logged in can be viewed > anonymously and a paste created anonymously (e.g. by pastebinit, which I > don't think supports logging in?) requires a login to view. Ok, I was unaware of this nuance. That being the case, I don't think "login required" is a sound argument for a default other than paste.ubuntu.com. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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