Re:Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO
by 015a on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:12AM
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Gab is likely not breaking license agreements, as long as they provide it upon request. Which was never tested.
That's the problem with reporting like this; it jumps to conclusions to justify outrage, while clearly being written by someone who is overworked, underpaid, underexperienced, and only has a cursory understanding of the systems at play.
Of course, most people are underexperienced in domains like this, so they rely on traditionally high-quality reporting sites like Ars to provide accurate, precise, and fair reporting. The wording Ars used is accurate; your interpretation of their wording isn't. That's the responsibility journalists have; what they say matters, a lot, because people interpret what they say in different ways.
Ars said that they're "being accused" of breaking license agreements. You said they're "likely" breaking license agreements. That's a world of difference; if for no other reason than because one is correct, but useless, and the other is (probably) wrong.
That's the problem with reporting like this; it jumps to conclusions to justify outrage, while clearly being written by someone who is overworked, underpaid, underexperienced, and only has a cursory understanding of the systems at play.
Of course, most people are underexperienced in domains like this, so they rely on traditionally high-quality reporting sites like Ars to provide accurate, precise, and fair reporting. The wording Ars used is accurate; your interpretation of their wording isn't. That's the responsibility journalists have; what they say matters, a lot, because people interpret what they say in different ways.
Ars said that they're "being accused" of breaking license agreements. You said they're "likely" breaking license agreements. That's a world of difference; if for no other reason than because one is correct, but useless, and the other is (probably) wrong.