CopperheadOS update: Developer suspended from Reddit
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Re: CopperheadOS update: Developer suspended from Reddit
#2How did the CEO do this? What strings do you pull to get someone banned for Reddit whistleblowing? Who on the Reddit staff might "fence" his request?
Re: CopperheadOS update: Developer suspended from Reddit
#3How did the CEO do this? What strings do you pull to get someone banned for Reddit whistleblowing? Who on the Reddit staff might "fence" his request?
The story might be more involved than this, or maybe he managed to convince reddit staff that he has alternate interpretation of the events and the believed him.
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#4Out of the loop here... What whistle did he blow? Anyone have a tldr?
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#5I can't believe anyone who goes by a name as trustworthy as "darknetj" could be involved in shady business.
Re: CopperheadOS update: Developer suspended from Reddit
#6Out of the loop here... What whistle did he blow? Anyone have a tldr?
Details and discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17289536
EDIT: Further details as I'm reading...
Big reddit post from the developer here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CopperheadOS/comments/8oq1l3/cos_fu...
It seems there was a falling out between the developer and CEO over how the business was run - the CEO wanted to license Android security improvements to others, the developer wanted to go make custom hardware and sell secure devices with an entirely non-Linux based stack that still could run Android apps.
Seems like reddit has now suspended the developers account, likely due to threats of a libel lawsuit from the CEO... seems like a really bad move on reddit's part, but they're no strangers to bad moves in my book.
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#7Nothing will be left here but ruins.
Re: CopperheadOS update: Developer suspended from Reddit
#8Out of the loop here... What whistle did he blow? Anyone have a tldr?
CopperheadOS was spearheaded by two people (to my understanding): the founder, and the lead developer. They had a falling out. The developer felt that the founder had compromised their ideals in order to make money (how this was done has not been detailed). The founder told the developer that he's out. The developer, in turn, deleted the signing keys so that no new software can be published under the CopperheadOS name.
The developer alleges now that the founder has gotten Reddit to delete his (the developer's) account.
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#9Out of the loop here... What whistle did he blow? Anyone have a tldr?
CopperheadOS was spearheaded by two people (to my understanding): the founder, and the lead developer. They had a falling out. The developer felt that the founder had compromised their ideals in order to make money (how this was done has not been detailed). The founder told the developer that he's out. The developer, in turn, deleted the signing keys so that no new software can be published under the CopperheadOS nam…
I thought both were founders or that the developer is actually the founder and the other guy was brought in to run the business side.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
CopperheadOS was spearheaded by two people (to my understanding): the founder, and the lead developer. They had a falling out. The developer felt that the founder had compromised their ideals in order to make money (how this was done has not been detailed). The founder told the developer that he's out. The developer, in turn, deleted the signing keys so that no new software can be published under the CopperheadOS nam…
I thought both were founders or that the developer is actually the founder and the other guy was brought in to run the business side.
They are both co-founders with 50% of the company each - at least that's what the dev said on Twitter.