Booking.com says typos giving strangers access to private trip info is not a bug
Popular trip site confirmed it can't stop typos after user flagged privacy issue.
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@arstechnica This isn't a booking.com issue.
This is a systematic industry problem because sites like this won't implement email verification because they are scared as hell it will […]
@arstechnica this is a UX problem and could be avoided with the same sort of confirmation email pattern that exists when generating share links in other platforms. Send user2 an email, "someone […]
@arstechnica I mean sure, technically it's not a bug but a problematic skill issue that will get your ass GDPR-sued, but that doesn't mean you can't implement fixes jfc
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