Why does Meetup use a massively long identifier in email verifications?

9 points

9 years ago

It's so long, it seems rather inefficient. Why?

Example: http://meet.meetup.com/wf/click?upn=pEEcc35imY7Cp0tG1yyTt-2BUBUoslNY-2BF5OpsN3Z-2B5GTP6dMs-2BjiVa79z-2BxCFoE0drJuI1EtUdyxnjPvAa2lBegHXkhLo3sGSLIKeLILvN49WNN69trj7APyfH86IArfi_UOCYJbMP7egxXfSOcMVtXoGiwcAh1owf-2F2SXfDH6qtGdLaPDQ2J-2BAHSDPPn3GNACaCM8fkS5c8B1bitAqQjLJUKWvK8nWogCDls-2BrGLd4LWpc2d4mG6rlc6uaYTcfDB5P1SQjPBo6Rj5FtPFUC86bPGH7Ck7fx69YEzOJvrJMji7BtRQxToTLB7S565BbWDFN183oUjE4c1dQhRB7Fu5hJNa4awX5o1sJDp19-2FLaE-2B8-3D

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