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Reputation:

A custom user field can be defined as
  • Not being editable by the user
  • Not being shown on pofile pages
  • Not being shown in message user info
  • Not required

The general perception here is that such a field is "private", eg. can only be seen / modified by Moderators or Administrators.

Yet such fields are returned in API calls like me if the API key has scope user:read.

This could be a security issue, at least it is unexpected.

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