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by tafycent 2922 days ago
Let's say you generate the identifier for the upload based on the file hash. If you add a timestamp or random nonce then they'll have to redistribute the link to the file every time they re-upload as it will change every time.
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Exactly. Nothing would stop someone from re-uploading it, but they'd end up with a different url which would go dead pretty quick if used to share something publicly.