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Too much detail in this error message from EA (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by RoadArchie@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] max@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago

If it’s a backend/service issue, tell the user, but the bare minimum. You shouldn’t disclose too much info about your system to the end user (think of stack traces, error codes unique to some dependency you’re using) as it may give an attacker some valuable information.