Thanks Andrew for clarifying this. I always wondered if the actual URL was encrypted.
The link did expire very quickly (started to ask for a password in under 15 minutes) after I tried it from multiple locations. Sorry for wasting your time Kind regards, Alex On 29 October 2013 13:01, Alex Comninos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > So I am looking to make a #PRISMBREAK and get a riseup.net account. It > will be no secret, as I am aiming for [email protected], and I > will advertise this publicly. > > The registration process seems a bit odd. I get an HTTPS link to check > my ticket. > > The link looks something like > https://user.riseup.net/ticket/******/*************************** > > The first set of stars is the ticket number, the second is the email > address used to register. > > I can I believe visit this link to monitor the progress of my ticket. > However, any one on the network I used to register, and all the way > along the internet to riseup.net can see this link, if I used TOR, > presumably the exit node. The link reveals that I have a ticket with > riseup and intending to register, the email I am using to register it. > The link can then be followed by anyone who saw it along its way on > the internet, and my ticket read with my possibly private motivation > for doing so elaborated (does not require a login). > > My link was: > > https://user.riseup.net/ticket/813773/alex[dot]comninos[at]gmail[dot]com > > Replace the words in square brackets with punctuation, and I invite > you to read my motivation to open a riseup account. > > I am no information security professional, so please let me know if > anyone else thinks the registration process may be a bit insecure. > > Kind regards. > ... > Alex Comninos | doctoral candidate > Department of Geography | Justus Liebig University, Gießen > http:// comninos.org | Twitter: @alexcomninos -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
