At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from tech employees • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by filmgirlcw » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:49 AM UTC

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?

Yes.

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

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Post by whiskyant » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:55 AM UTC

Wait, Blind doesn't use end-to-end encryption?

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

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Post by jarsin » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:00 AM UTC

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?

Wow each post is like an episode of the jerry springer show.

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

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Post by jiveturkey » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:08 AM UTC

the whole concept of blind is faulty! there is no way you could trust them to maintain your privacy. and of course they can read all the dirt on everything. it’s a guarantee they have no meaningful controls in place.

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

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Post by nradov » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:11 AM UTC

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.

”I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS ... People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me' Dumb f*s."

-Mark Zuckerberg, 2004

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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

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Post by huac » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:18 AM UTC

dmode wrote: post #24

Like any anonymous forums, Blind is toxic. Hope it dies a quick death

would you consider hacker news to be anonymous?

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

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Post by whymauri » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:27 AM UTC

huac wrote: post #36

dmode wrote: post #24

Like any anonymous forums, Blind is toxic. Hope it dies a quick death

would you consider hacker news to be anonymous?

While you can choose to be anon on HN, I think the culture of HN tends away from that. People will use recurring internet handles, write informative bios of themselves, etc. I suppose nothing stops people from doing this on Blind, but like I said I think it's a cultural difference between platforms.

There is less moderation on Blind, so there are more "provocative posts" that people definitely do not want associated with an identifier.

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

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Post by whatshisface » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:54 AM UTC

foobiekr wrote: post #27

xivzgrev wrote: post #6

Sounds like they don’t give a shit and only reacted when TC was going to write a story about it. Surprising given that user trust is at the core of their business, and without it they have nothing.

Their inaction on being notified is quite damning.

If I was an evil CEO, I would purposely start an anonymous messaging platform just to collect compromising statements.

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

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Post by Cd00d » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:58 AM UTC

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.

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

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Post by sharadov » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 6:04 AM UTC

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?

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?