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by BitwiseFool 1883 days ago
I must have lived a sheltered life because none of these concerns crossed my mind.
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So much of that kind of stuff wouldn't be likely to cross my mind either. (What a nice privilege.) Shows how important it is to have a diverse set of listened-to voices when building tech products.
We were working on a directory of users and their contact methods for an application, when one of the engineers asked, “Has anybody considered how this might be misused by a vengeful ex-partner should an office romance break up badly?”

Nobody had asked themselves this question.

That's what we call privilege, and why it's actually great to build diverse teams so they can bring concerns that others wouldn't think of.