Are sharing urls too long?

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Are sharing urls too long? #254

Open frankrousseau opened 9 years ago

frankrousseau commented 9 years ago

An user complains about the key used for url sharing. He thinks they should be shorten. On a security point of view that's not good. What should we do?

jsilvestre commented 9 years ago

I suggest we add the possibility to have a pin-code/password. It would make the distinction between "public" and "shared" states easier to understand for users.

aenario commented 9 years ago

I am wondering if now would be a good time to make some manner of guest accounts on the cozy. It would solve this problem (URLs would be the same than a "public url") and may be a path forward for the incessant demands for multiuser.

However, it very much depends on the work of @Gara64

padenot commented 9 years ago

I'd quite like having a way to set up a password for a file, as one-offs. Uses cases:

I want to send pictures from a weekend with friends, but only to them
I want to send a song to a friend, but the content is copyrighted and I don't want to make it public

Long URL have their place here, in the same way unlisted videos on youtube are useful, but we really need something that is truly private.

I haven't looked at the code yet, but if this is something that is not too broadly scoped, or that necessitates knowledge about a lot of things in the project, I'd be interested in having a shot at it.

frankrousseau commented 9 years ago

@padenot thank you for your suggestion and contribution request.

frankrousseau commented 9 years ago

We will look for someone to mentor you in developing that feature. @jsilvestre @aenario, @clochix, @m4dz are you interested in helping @padenot to develop this feature?