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by lstamour 3645 days ago
Because (a) it's very unlikely given the use of POST elsewhere that they even realised this was using GET, and (b) other services can log URLs, such as your browser's history. By default, it may not matter, but perhaps of extensions get involved...

It's true, this isn't a straightforward vulnerability but it doesn't seem to be well-considered given the inconsistent use of both GET and POST for the same terrifying call.