On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 05:54:47PM +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote:
> > The current behavior of paste.ubuntu.com, and what I assumed was the
> > driver for moving away from this as a default, was that it requires a
> > login to VIEW the contents of the pastebin. AFAICS this is not
> > justifiable on the basis of preventing abuse with illicit/illegal
> > pastes, that's already addressed by requiring login on the submission
> > side.
> I think the current behaviour is to require login for at least one of
> submission or view, so a paste created while logged in can be viewed
> anonymously and a paste created anonymously (e.g. by pastebinit, which I
> don't think supports logging in?) requires a login to view.
Ok, I was unaware of this nuance. That being the case, I don't think "login
required" is a sound argument for a default other than paste.ubuntu.com.
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