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by InclinedPlane 5572 days ago
I don't care what they're attempting, if they're hosting user content and storing user information then security needs to be a focus. Gizmodo certainly wasn't attempting security and that turned out quite well for all they're users didn't it? When you provide a service, no matter how trivial, there are basic commitments you sign up for, tumblr hasn't quite failed those commitments yet but they've come unnervingly close.