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> First, I disagree that "user emails can be brute-forced" is a serious security issue. > I mean, sure, it's a security issue, but on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being "security issue, we'll fix in next point release" and 10 being "All-hands until this emergency patch goes out, and we keep the system offline while fixing it", this is definitely a 1.

Jesus no.

Aside from this now being an argument on semantics, someone enumerating every customer/user account you have is serious.

It opens the door for privacy leaks, targeted attacks (like password attempts, phishing, or account lockouts)

If you don't want to take that seriously, thank you for your honesty, I will ensure that I never have an account on any service you work on.


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