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[–] tfm@europe.pub 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's not just native Apps. Alternative web UIs like Thunder, Photon and Voyager need them too.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

yes, but those frontends are typically tied closer to the backend than a public API.

things like CSRF can help block abuse of the back end.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Nope they all use the public API. Even the default Lemmy web client.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

well that's poor planning and why bots are such a problem.

I know CSRF tokens aren't a silver bullet, but doing nothing to stop them does nothing to stop them.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 2 points 5 hours ago

CSRF protection is a security feature not bot prevention. A bot would just need to get a token first.