Comment on Tell HN: Every photo in Facebook is somewhat publicly accessibleComments−AndrewMoffat15yEquivalent headline:"Tell HN: Every encrypted message is somewhat publicly accessible**if you guess the key/password"−cjg15yThe difference is that keys and passwords are managed in a more careful way (think encrypted key stores), whereas URLs are not handled with the same care.Apart from that, I agree with you.−statictype15yEvery photo is publicly accessible.It's just not easily discoverable.I agree, though, that this is mostly a non issue.
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Equivalent headline:
"Tell HN: Every encrypted message is somewhat publicly accessible*
*if you guess the key/password"
The difference is that keys and passwords are managed in a more careful way (think encrypted key stores), whereas URLs are not handled with the same care.
Apart from that, I agree with you.
Every photo is publicly accessible.
It's just not easily discoverable.
I agree, though, that this is mostly a non issue.