The author comes off a bit as a prick there... why didn't he just say "hey man I think you have an issue, it's there, now here's how to fix it (he didn't tell him, he just says in his blog post "it's easy"), and BTW I'm here for a video call if you want me to get through it together"

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kavouras 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The title of the original article calling the app "activism theater" is also extremely rude. The author prefered being a prick than doing the best to fix the app.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> title of the original article calling the app "activism theater" is also extremely rude It’s also not wrong. The app doesn’t seem designed to do what it claims to do. And the developer doesn’t seem interested in remedying that. Worse, by hosting this on linode, they may be doing our corrupt DoJ and ICE’s work for them in identifying community organizers who could interfere with them down the road.

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bakugo 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> now here's how to fix it (he didn't tell him, he just says in his blog post "it's easy")

If you're running a service that handles sensitive user data and need a third party to tell you how to update your web server, you shouldn't be handling such data at all.

Personal data leaks from apps like this are only going to become more common (especially considering the rising popularity of "vibe coding") unless the people behind them are forced to take responsibility for their lack of security.

	▲	oulipo2 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Perhaps, but there's no need to act like a prick about that