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• tfm@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s not just native Apps. Alternative web UIs like Thunder, Photon and Voyager need them too.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yes, but those frontends are typically tied closer to the backend than a public API.

    things like CSRF can help block abuse of the back end.

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    • tfm@europe.pub ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nope they all use the public API. Even the default Lemmy web client.

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      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        well that’s poor planning and why bots are such a problem.

        I know CSRF tokens aren’t a silver bullet, but doing nothing to stop them does nothing to stop them.

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