Re:Lovable apps expose passport details and more than 200K p...
by jamesyoungquist on Sunday November 15, 2026 @11:14AM
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But not needing to know what you're doing as far as programming goes != not needing to know what you're doing as far as compliance/legal responsibility. Someone using a tool like this still needs to run their operation in a sane manner. Like, how much responsibility does Loveable shoulder here? We don't blame a car manufacturer for most car crashes. They, of course, try to design their cars to be as safe as possible, but the fact that they endeavor to make a safe car doesn't make it explicitly their fault if I'm driving blindfolded and careen off a cliff.
This is something that makes me roll my eyes... seeing people online talking about how everyone can just make their own version of w/e software now. As though running a software business is simply a matter making the computer screen light up in a particular way.
Counterpoint: HN about the iPhone. FWIW, I agree with the statement above, but also suggest a developer account opening up developer flags is a reasonable gate.
(Not sure how else to avoid all the "developers" clamoring for non-public betas of iOS bricking their iPhones, as the same audience that would flip a bunch of dev toggles if available to everyone like developer mode in Safari then scream how Apple should have done more to protect them when their bank account is emptied.)