Tag: onedrive

  • Short URLs are Harmful for Cloud Data Sharing

    Short URLs are Harmful for Cloud Data Sharing

    I was never a big fan of sharing cloud data through a unique link, rather than nominating the specific people that can access the data. To me it feels like security through obscurity. It looks something like this: https://{cloud_storage_provider}/?secret_token={some_unique_token} All the security of this model relies in the randomness and length of the secret token.…