Unlikely hit app Yo is 'hacked' by students

Re:Unlikely hit app Yo is 'hacked' by students by thegeomaster on Sunday June 22, 2014 @11:41AM (#7928116)

I'm puzzled when new, "innovative" (well, in some sense) apps such as this get hit by simple hacks such as this one. I was puzzled as well when some idiotic misuse of encryption exposed WhatsApp data (I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but that was the gist of it). Startups bear a distinct culture around them, and for me at least it means very capable hackers behind them. But I would seldom consider anyone who'd commit such fundamental security no-nos a "capable hacker".

But, after all, this Yo thingy doesn't even look like a real startup.

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Re:Unlikely hit app Yo is 'hacked' by students by Quarrelsome on Sunday June 22, 2014 @02:58PM (#7928820)

I think its the size of the burden. If you're creating a thing from scratch and are responsible for pretty much every single aspect of it from dev to sysadmin PLUS you have CTO responsibilities on top of that you just lose track of stuff and make the odd mistake.

"I'll fix that a bit later" becomes "I have no idea what code is there anymore nor even the time to contemplate it".

Perhaps.

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