admit you were wrong and made it all up -> get people to ‘respect’ you and even more twitter followers
Besides the ham fisted approach, the original vuln idea seemed reasonable.
They were wrong, it happens to the best of us.
I’d say the potential security risk was worth raising the flag over.
Better be wrong and safe, having many of us learn something along the way, then overly cautious and leave a potential problem unaddressed.
I don't think "do even the most cursory verification to check if the extraordinary thing I've just seen is actually happening" could be counted as "overly cautious".
Besides the ham fisted approach, the original vuln idea seemed reasonable.
They were wrong, it happens to the best of us.
I’d say the potential security risk was worth raising the flag over.
Better be wrong and safe, having many of us learn something along the way, then overly cautious and leave a potential problem unaddressed.