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At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by duxup »

zlast wrote: post #47
duxup wrote: post #14

>At its core, the app and anonymous social network allows users to sign up using their corporate email address, which is said to be linked only to Blind’s member ID. People just trusted it? I get that to seem legitimate the users have to be confirmed in some way, but as a user... now way am I exposing myself that way.

The emails were "sitting plaintext in an exposed database." Major things wrong: unencrypted email addresses + private messages, leaving the database without a password, database wasn't fixed until a week after knowing of the error. I find it concerning that this kind of news seems normal now.

The scale of poor security by default these days is pretty horrifying.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by drngdds »

Using Blind with your company email on the company WiFi seems really dumb? Maybe I'm paranoid, but I act as though everything that goes through my company WiFi and on my company computer is being tracked and stored in some database forever under my name.

And I assume the company email is used to send you a verification email, which means your employer is now tipped off to the fact that you're using a site to anonymously criticize them.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by xiphias2 »

ggggtez wrote: post #46
xiphias2 wrote: post #13

They made a big mistake, but generally I love reading Blind. There are a lot of interesting things on it about which I couldn't talk even to my own colleagues.

As many others, I had heard about it and never actually took a look until now. Seems like a waste of time to me. Make a throw away account on Reddit like everyone else, and you'll probably get more well thought out and measured replies.

On Reddit I have no idea where a person who replies really works.

You either haven't found the interesting threads or the interesting replies from internal people that make Blind different.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by thetricia »

ineedasername wrote: post #17

I'd never checked out Blind before. I just went there and checked out a few of the front page posts & comments. It has some of the most toxic and destructive "advice" I've seen for people asking for help or insight. I'm a bit astounded. Is this typical?

Uh, really wish I haven't seen it. Not exactly surprised, but I forgot how many people in the industry (and the world at large) are like that.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

marijnz wrote: post #54
sharadov wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's pathetic, you see some of the most depraved, narcissistic members of the tech society there. The quality of the discourse you can guess is shockingly bad, and most people are from the Bay area. Is this an accurate representation of people in the Bay? Or is it just a platform for toxic folk to hang out?

I spent more time reading the threads than I should have, it's strangely addicting. I now feel naive for thinking that the people working at the big tech companies have a certain base level of "all-round" skills. In no way I expected so much cynicism, narcism and lack of empathy! Isn't this showing up in interviews? Or should it just be seen as online trolling and venting?

> Isn't this showing up in interviews?

Probably? I mean, if your hiring process is leetcode hazing by these same people, then it is self fulfilling.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by thtowawayt »

SolaceQuantum wrote: post #92
mrep wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Examples?

My first look at Blind rated cities to work in by how hot/available women were there (e.g. comments like "SF sucks, you have to settle on dating uglies" or "NYC women are so much hotter than SV women, no contest where to live"). The question asked to the Blind community was just "where would it be better to live long term" or something completely not to do with dating or women, but the majority of responses were abou…

> outright racism against Indians in particular.

Racism is not illegal and should not be suppressed. It does should also not be encouraged, however.

At the end of he day, people do not have the right to feel good.

> My first look at Blind rated cities to work in by how hot/available women were there (e.g. comments like "SF sucks, you have to settle on dating uglies" or "NYC women are so much hotter than SV women, no contest where to live").

It may be off topic the original post, but is most definitely relevant to the users. Nothing wrong with rating women. People do it all the time. It's about time it is made less taboo.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

Cd00d wrote: post #39
ineedasername wrote: post #17

I'd never checked out Blind before. I just went there and checked out a few of the front page posts & comments. It has some of the most toxic and destructive "advice" I've seen for people asking for help or insight. I'm a bit astounded. Is this typical?

First time for me too. The relationships section was shocking to me. I'm a physicist, and thought I knew nerds well, but the lack of spousal empathy directly trending towards divorce on the top end of that page made me... sad.

Oh, yeah, if you're an uber-nerd you can't have a spouse that even remotely challenges your intellect. They need to be just smart enough to obey.

At least according to Blind.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by seveneightn9ne »

blahblahblogger wrote: post #72

> Blind claims on its website that its email verification “is safe, as our patented infrastructure is set up so that all user account and activity information is completely disconnected from the email verification process.” Wow a patented infrastructure! Dope! I wonder if it's open source so that can be validated objectively?

Technically that is the point of patenting - it should be available for anyone to read how it works. Do they specify the patent number?

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by SolaceQuantum »

vonmoltke wrote: post #98
SolaceQuantum wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My first look at Blind rated cities to work in by how hot/available women were there (e.g. comments like "SF sucks, you have to settle on dating uglies" or "NYC women are so much hotter than SV women, no contest where to live"). The question asked to the Blind community was just "where would it be better to live long term" or something completely not to do with dating or women, but the majority of responses were abou…

> None of these comments were downvoted Blind doesn't have downvotes (which could be part of the problem there).

Sorry, let me clarify (I sometimes use words inappropriately). None of the responses were critical.

Re: At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees

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Post by SolaceQuantum »

thtowawayt wrote: post #106
SolaceQuantum wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My first look at Blind rated cities to work in by how hot/available women were there (e.g. comments like "SF sucks, you have to settle on dating uglies" or "NYC women are so much hotter than SV women, no contest where to live"). The question asked to the Blind community was just "where would it be better to live long term" or something completely not to do with dating or women, but the majority of responses were abou…

> outright racism against Indians in particular. Racism is not illegal and should not be suppressed. It does should also not be encouraged, however. At the end of he day, people do not have the right to feel good. > My first look at Blind rated cities to work in by how hot/available women were there (e.g. comments like "SF sucks, you have to settle on dating uglies" or "NYC women are so much hotter than SV women, no…

Please note this is in response of a request for examples of toxic/destructive behavior and advisement, and I provided. Your response indicates you do not understand the context of the conversation (eg. replying to portions of my post in a manner that has nothing to do with the conversation) and thus I cannot reply in a manner that is on-topic.
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