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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If the files are exact copies, then MD5 checks will catch them; tweaking so many files just to bypass this could prove to be too tedious of a process for people to bother exploiting it.

However, people could create scripts for others to mass-download, -edit, and -upload their files accordingly to reduce this tedium.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

then MD5 checks will catch them

That can be trivially defeated.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

I know; I just gave an example of how immediately after in the same comment lol.