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Asked: June 6, 20262026-06-06T18:36:54+00:00 2026-06-06T18:36:54+00:00

Devise allows user email lookups. This is a certain privacy issue. The problem is

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Devise allows user email lookups.

This is a certain privacy issue. The problem is if you ask for a new confirmation e-mail you can type in any email address you want and if its not found in the database you get a “not found” thus enabling anyone to check if a certain email is registered.

What could be a good way to fix this? I haven’t posted this to the devise group but Im not sure if this is “Wanted” behavior.

Offending route : /users/confirmation

Its not an option for me to disable the confirmations module of devise. Anyone a good workaround to fix this?

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    2026-06-06T18:36:54+00:00Added an answer on June 6, 2026 at 6:36 pm

    Devise has a paranoid mode that helps you to avoid user enumeration. You can get more information on Devise wiki:

    https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/How-To:-Using-paranoid-mode,-avoid-user-enumeration-on-registerable

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