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Reddit Official App: "I am able to take mod actions on a sub I'm not a mod in." (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish they had gone through with it. The app is just a front-end that sends requests to the server, presumably the server is where authentication happens (otherwise everyone could just pull up dev tools on their desktop and become insta-mods of any sub with a few tweaks). That being said, if it was a server-side bug, then they have a big problem; otherwise it's just little more than a graphical error.

[โ€“] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Broken authorization is absurdly common, especially if they involve graphQl. I wouldn't be surprised if it worked.