# "Share a link" for a post should not leak username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [2017 年7 月 20 日 05:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489 "2017-07-20T05:23:45Z")\
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作者： ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)\
发布日期： [2017 年7 月 20 日 17:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489/7 "2017-07-20T17:34:10Z")

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> [@RalfJung](#):
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> You are literally tracking people across the internet for the benefit of some cute badges…?

Usernames are public and specific to the site, so I don’t think it’s a privacy issue.

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