Security researcher gets threats over Amazon review
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Security researcher gets threats over Amazon review
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#2The job of one employee versus potentially thousand to hundred thousand customers' security being compromised?
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#3Sounds like a classic abusive boyfriend. "You pointed out security flaws? Look what you made me do. You made me fire these workers."
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#4If they just had fixed the flaws I am sure the researcher would have updated his review to highlight the efforts of the manufacturer. Instead, all the manufacturer did here is create a Streisand Effect for their shitty product.
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#5I'm not sure if I'm more scared of a company that makes horridly insecure devices and then tells its employees "do everything you can, be as manipulative as you can, but get this review taken down", or if I'm more scared of a company that actually tells its employees "I will fire you if you don't get this review taken down".
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#6Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12012977
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#7To me this seems like an odd tactic to use as the manufacturer. Did the boss just pick some random employee and decide that one guy had to get the review taken down other wise he was fired? Also, I'm inclined to believe that this isn't the case because I also don't believe that those "other reviewers" actually complained about his review. Why would anyone else care that he left a truthful review about the product? If anything, they would be glad that he pointed out such glaring flaws with the product that could potentially damage things plugged into this product.
I'll say one more thing, I hope that he contacted the company directly. It's great that he left this review for others so that they would know how insecure this device is, but I think it's important that he also contact the company directly so that he can help solve the problem. Leaving a bad Amazon review isn't exactly the best way to report a dangerous security flaw in something if you want it to get fixed. Although, it seems like this company isn't one to fix such things anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#8"The result is that the unique network ID of your socket is transported in an unencrypted form to the Chinese server"
The use of The word "Chinese" in this article is amusing.
Is it really important or necessary? Would it be preferable if the data was sent to a US server ?
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#9Of note, from the amazon review: "But before we get to that: I received this product at a discount in return for writing an honest review of it. Onwards!"
Could that have anything to do with the manufacturer's attitude?
Re: Security researcher gets threats over Amazon review
#10To me this seems like an odd tactic to use as the manufacturer. Did the boss just pick some random employee and decide that one guy had to get the review taken down other wise he was fired? Also, I'm inclined to believe that this isn't the case because I also don't believe that those "other reviewers" actually complained about his review. Why would anyone else care that he left a truthful review about the product? If…
Dollars to donuts, there is no employee. It's the manufacturer writing him and concocting a story.