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[Don Presant <668293@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

See SPAM discussion topic at:
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=1055

Besides spam, allowing bots to index secret URLS means that views
intended to be extremely private (such as job applications by people
already employed somewhere else) will show up in Google searches (making
for interesting reading for their current managers!)

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Secret URL needs metatags for noindex, captcha (& no anon feedback?)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668293
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Status in Mahara ePortfolio: New

Bug description:
See SPAM discussion topic at:
http://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=1055

Besides spam, allowing bots to index secret URLS means that views intended to be extremely private (such as job applications by people already employed somewhere else) will show up in Google searches (making for interesting reading for their current managers!)