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Re:Never Give Your Information To 10 Minute Old Startups by danielweber on Saturday October 06, 2012 @10:55AM (#4620670)
I don't think hack-shaming accomplishes anything.

Just yesterday we had someone publish a "securely delete your email" application. 'tptacek found problems in it immediately[1], but he didn't call the guy incompetent or an idiot or "never trust anything he does again." There was no attempt to shame.

I see the more experienced people around here have a lot more sympathy for these guys. If you've done a lot, you've also had some public mistakes. You grow empathy.

I do find the company's follow-up offensive. Hopefully they will learn from that, as well.

[1]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4614474

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Re:Never Give Your Information To 10 Minute Old Startups by jspthrowaway on Saturday October 06, 2012 @01:50PM (#4621136)
The thread in question involved a few broad oversights in a tool, not an immediate disclosure due to a trivial oversight. There's a difference between not generating random numbers correctly and immediately disclosing every AWS key you've been given.
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