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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by CraneWorm on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:32AM (#21222768)
Listen, knowing only OP's side of the story it's easy to sympathize. Especially if he's a part of our inngroup of technical people.

Dismissing the whistle-blower as a "kid, that wanted to just fuck someone over" is hardly fair.

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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by Assadi on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:40AM (#21224225)
snitch
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Re:Ken Thompson's Unix Password by CraneWorm on Friday October 11, 2019 @02:32PM (#21227072)
I was wondering when this one would come up. "Snitches end up in ditches" mentality is at fault here.

You pretend that someone cracking everyone's password is not a problem that the organization should address or even know about.

We should not turn our gaze away. "This is not my problem" is simply not a correct response. Snowden knew that, and yet, some people call him a snitch and a traitor.

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