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inopinatus on July 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Are Magic Links Outdated?

Never do this. Automated email scanners may fetch the URL. For example, Hotmail’s mail delivery process is notorious for triggering magic links.

nly on July 13, 2022 [–]

You can defend against this a little bit by having the magic link load a page with a button (which submits a POST action) that you have to click.

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