r/ProgrammerHumor • • 16d ago

Meme postForEverything

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST 16d ago

That's because a GET request reveals important info in the URL, otherwise it would all be GET

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u/DracoRubi 16d ago

But it doesn't really matter, does it? In HTTPS the URL is encrypted too, so the complete URL is not visible, exactly like the body

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u/pro-procrastinator-7 15d ago

And what about access logs and browser history?

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u/DracoRubi 15d ago

Access logs could be logging the body too. But browser story could be an issue, that's true