# Register to download

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/register-to-download/17984>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 24, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/register-to-download/17984 "2014-07-24T07:34:39Z")\
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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:** [July 24, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/register-to-download/17984/2 "2014-07-24T07:41:08Z")

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This is a good idea and sounds like something we might want to support in core as a flag to enable/disable download attachments unless you are a registered member.

I guess clicking the attachments with this flag set would trigger a login prompt?

Would also be safer from a bandwidth perspective, for sure.

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