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🦜🚩 Breaking news: A scuba-diving techie stumbles upon a security loophole while fish-watching 🐠 and gets smacked with a lawyer instead of a medal. Turns out, catching bugs in paradise leads to more legal drama than underwater adventures! 🌴⚖️
https://dixken.de/blog/i-found-a-vulnerability-they-found-a-lawyer #scubadiving #tech #news #securityloophole #legaldrama #underwateradventures #HackerNews #ngated
I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer.

What happens when you responsibly disclose a critical vulnerability exposing personal data - including that of minors - and the organization responds with legal threats instead of a thank you?

Feb 20 at 7:45pmHacker News n-gate
Show threadJon GeorgeFeb 20
@ngate this is insane and so unfortunate. Have had similar experiences with lawyers/companies. While there some good outcomes, I still consider this a tragedy.