# Minimum trust level to download posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-trust-level-to-download-posts/34558>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 15, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-trust-level-to-download-posts/34558 "2015-10-15T15:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-trust-level-to-download-posts/34558/4 "2015-10-15T21:15:41Z")

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I don’t understand this request. We don’t trust the user to download their own posts responsibly? It is only available for the logged in user for stuff they own and contributed, e.g. their own posts they wrote.

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