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by wcchandler 4987 days ago
I hate the idea of "full disclosure." I, instead, love what this author has done. You found a bug, you're posting about it. Great. Any decent, respectable, commercial enterprise should have somebody watching sites like this, looking for posts like these. They shouldn't rely on somebody taking time away from themselves or their projects and write up a bug report. No.
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I don't get it. It takes the exact same time to write a report to Microsoft about it. The author clearly didn't even consider it.
We don't know the author. He may very well enjoy writing these types of articles. Filling out a form online? Maybe not so much. He also has complete freedom in writing anything he wants with no obligation of providing further proof or information. To some, that's enough motivation.
Look, I get it. I just don't approve it. I think it's irresponsible.
What this author has done is full disclosure. Writing a bug report falls under "responsible disclosure".