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this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
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I appreciate this post, but this is also a lot of "trust me, bro" to....well, trust.
@hansolo Well, I can't really share more details without compromising the privacy of thousands of people who didn't ask for anything! I don't really know what else I can tell you? If the website does not fix it then I can disclose the vulnerability, but since there are accounts dating back to 2009 the code base must be super old and hard to fix so I'll give them some time.
Sure, I get that. But I can also just as easily say the same thing and claim it is one of the largest companies in the world.
You are 100% corect that we should not trust companies with our data. No argument there. Please just realize we might have some skepticism.
@hansolo Well it is not one of the largest companies in the world, I can tell you that. You don't really have to trust me (but why would I post it if that wasn't true?)
Dozens of reasons, really. People do irrational stuff all the time.
@hansolo Well, don't trust me then. I'm just a random person online after all! I'm not going to fight to prove something that I know happened, that would just be a pointless argument and a waste of time, I think.
I'm not making any argument other than why you may experience some skepticism.