• Snapz@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Because it’s not an accident. And he’s quietly going to the businesses first to try to let them internally address and attempt to cover up and only going public as a last resort.

    As a person, and not a business, his loyalty should be to people. The bully only responds to sunlight.

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      1 day ago

      You do realize that by telling companies they have vulnerabilities, they’re protecting the people whose information they store, right?

      Do you really want him publicly releasing vulnerabilities so the company gets hacked?

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        10 hours ago

        You do realize that you can’t go 2 days in modern world without hearing about a giant sensitive dataset being exposed. So yes, more sunlight is needed for any chance of meaningful change These companies can choose to staff up and prioritize sarety, because they don’t do that now obviously. They don’t give a shit and it shows. And they don’t really have to as long as well meaning folks politely do that work for them free of charge - not the IT work, the PR work of sweeping their misdeeds under the rug.