I used a unique email for a now closed DirecTV account. This was sent to that email. It is DirecTV sharing our email with HBO
But I got it, and I’ve never had an HBO account or a DirecTV account.
Oops HBO, using real user data in your software integration tests?
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Re: Oops HBO, using real user data in your software integration tests?
#82I just got it. Wtf is it? Layman's terms plz
An integration test is a type of software test that makes sure different parts of a system work properly together.
So HBO has some integration tests that make sure their system can send email properly. The way it does this is by sending some test emails to a test email list.
Except somehow, someone made a mistake today and the test email got sent to the real email list of all the subscribers.
Re: Oops HBO, using real user data in your software integration tests?
#83Yup just got one and went straight to Google to find out wtf was going on. What does it mean?
it means a test that was supposed to check if hbo max's software can send emails correctly was run with their real email authentication somehow. I'm so curious how they managed to send it to so many people!
Ahh ok thanks
Re: Oops HBO, using real user data in your software integration tests?
#84Yes, I did. Also, I did not sign up for HBO MAX; but did subscribe to the old HBO once upon a time. So they are using user data from the past.
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