Title: Security?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Security?

 *  Resolved [Jim Reading](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gymreading/)
 * (@gymreading)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-45/)
 * Hi all.
 * I want to use Flamingo on my website to store Word, PDF and ODT attachments sent
   by clients.
 * Are there any security issues associated with storing attachments? Would hackers
   be able to upload files that wreak havoc on my site? (… or even worse — access
   the files my clients send?)
 * I did a Google search and didn’t find anything, but thought I’d come right to
   the horse’s gaping maw.
 * Thanks in advance, my fellow travelers.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/flamingo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flamingo/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-45/#post-7068937)
 * Flamingo doesn’t store uploaded files.
 *  Thread Starter [Jim Reading](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gymreading/)
 * (@gymreading)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-45/#post-7069022)
 * Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [Jim Reading](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gymreading/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-45/#post-7069022)
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