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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by hueving on Thursday August 25, 2016 @12:50PM (#12360490)
>is contract a real audit from a leading security firm

Suggestions like this do nothing to dispell the image that modern security firms are little more than a protection racket. If you don't pay for "an audit" from an "industry leading" firm, you'll be shunned by everyone.

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by Jtsummers on Thursday August 25, 2016 @02:33PM (#12361286)
You pay for an audit, or you release the code/algorithms for the community to publicly audit.

Otherwise, you're just making claims that are unbacked by anything. Presumably only the fact that there hasn't, yet, been a public exploit. But that's not a useful metric.

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Re:“How do I choose not to share my account information with... by ethbro on Thursday August 25, 2016 @01:06PM (#12360632)
What's your alternative suggestion?
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