yeah, well-intentioned things tend to go sour when exposed to the glow of anonymity on the internet. Starts off innocent, and goes downhill fast.
The creator, Sean, stating that he started this app as a reaction to the online dating scene his mother experienced, seems fine: an anti-catfishing app would be great.
To give the devil their due, the data they collect might also be valuable as data on how women discuss men online, which at a cursory glance seems to favor far more hyperbole than I see in everyday life.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s fine, no reason to sell the data, the service was literally just breached!
Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Don’t these companies know how to properly configure a database? This seemed like it was completely preventable.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Lots of breaches are entirely preventable, but lots of companies don’t like to pay for qualified employees that could prevent them.
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You think a company paddling gossip under the guise of woman safety would care about protecting personal information? 🤣
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
They don't care. It's not their information and there are no consequences.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
No. The answer is always no
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Starting salary for a cyber security expert is around 70,000€ and that’s for someone who’s relatively inexperienced so you would probably want to pay more like 90,000€, for these startups that’s seven or eight employees worth of salary and they don’t want to pay it.
The problem is it leads to things like this happening which kills their entire company.
Or they could do what they’re doing now which is work with a consultancy company which doesn’t cost anywhere near as much money but still costs quite a bit.
INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Then how would they sell access in a deniable way?
starman@programming.dev 1 day ago
Hahaha, that’s hilarious. I’ve just seen it on /g/ today.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 day ago
😂