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stop over engineering (europe.pub)

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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they were an employee who was exploring security vulnerabilities with a non-employee who has a blog. I would have fired them too.

[–] passepartout@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago

It is indeed a very risky move without a lot to gain for him personally. But I could guess McDonald's would have forced him to ignore it and shut up about it if he disclosed this to the higher ups himself, in which case I would have gladly left myself instead.