wazoobonkerbrainJun 18, 2023

When I Log In As Me (wazoobonkerbrain), The ID of Another User ("calaei") Briefly Flashes On Screen

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When I Log In As Me (wazoobonkerbrain), The ID of Another User ("calaei") Briefly Flashes On Screen - Lemmy.world

When I first open up lemmy.world in the browser, I am not logged in, and at top right it says Login. I type my username and password and hit enter. I get the hourglass for a few seconds, then for a split second the word Login is replaced by another word, before displaying my username (wazoobonkerbrain). I did a screencast (recording) so that I could slow it down enough to see what the other word is and it is “calaei”. The screencast is in webm format and I can share it if you want, I don’t see a way to post it here.

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I've actually tried playing around with it and I've made two findings about it:

  • It seems to happen when fetchInitialData is set in lemmy-ui/src/shared/routes.ts
  • It cannot be used to see any sensitive information, as far as I have investigated
    • lemmy-ui/src/shared/routes.ts at main · LemmyNet/lemmy-ui

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    Jun 18, 2023 at 2:45pmWeb
    Show threadwazoobonkerbrainJun 18, 2023
    Well I did catch a brief glimpse of a photo that the other user posted of his junk. Whether or not that's sensitive is subjective I guess.
    Show threadtauoniteJun 18, 2023
    Where did you see that? Was it (supposed to be) private?
    Show threadwazoobonkerbrainJun 18, 2023
    I was only joking, I didn't see that.