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Re:Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private ke... by mattnewton on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:18PM (#19810155)
The fact that the developer was prosecuted under Chinese law is important to an audience of developers who want to know what precedent it sets for their own work.
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Re:Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private ke... by devy on Thursday May 02, 2019 @01:47PM (#19810478)
Sharing private information public either intentional or unintentional that leak customer data and weaken the software security is illegal in any country as far as I know.
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Re:Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private ke... by mattnewton on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:39PM (#19813241)
He claims it was a mistake. Checking in private keys is a fairly common mistake and seems analogous here. https://m.slashdot.org/story/181081
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