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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by pabs3 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:15PM (#30706832)
This is why it is a good idea to use Tor or a VPN for most things or even just for when you casually go reverse engineering a competitor's product :)
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Re:I found a security issue on a competitor, got fired and s... by Aachen on Thursday March 17, 2022 @11:30AM (#30712209)
As I wrote in a comment elsewhere in the thread, I'm not sure if that is really the best idea.

> Using anonymisation proxies just makes it all the more suspicious, by using a normal connection and disclosing any findings it's quite clear you're using your real name, have no malintent, nobody needs to try and dig for your identity...

But yeah it all depends on the circumstances. Given how these companies are handling it, it couldn't have gone much worse I suppose. On the other hand, if the company suspects it was a black hat then you have to be very sure you can hide all tracks completely and, if found out, you have a lot more to explain.

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