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Ask HN: Best practice for public links that are private

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I'm trying to build a web app where users can share sensitive information with their trusted friends via a public link.

I'm thinking of making it password protected, so you need the link plus a code.

I want this feature so an attacker cannot just brute force all link combinations to get the user profiles.

I was wondering if there is a better way to do this than passwords