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A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world -1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 10 hours 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?