Restricting child/field access with security rules

Question

I\'m writing an app that allows users to submit nominations which are moderated before being displayed to other users. This requires a number of restrictions I\'ve so far be

Answer 1

this thread is a little outdated and it may have a solution via rules, but as the video says, its a neat trick: https://youtu.be/5hYMDfDoHpI?t=8m50s

This may be not a good practice since the firebase docs say that rules are not filters: https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/security/securing-data

I'm no specialist in security but I tested the trick and it worked fine for me. :)

So I hope a better understanding of the security issues around this implementation.