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by citricsquid 4478 days ago
I think saying that he "warned them" is a bit dishonest. He said the following as a side note 4 years ago:

    I've just checked and you can obtain the password through an API call 
    after you register a new API user.
They designed this functionality so they clearly knew it was possible, what he didn't do was explain the impact (take public key from app -> request user password) and if he hasn't notified them since that post it's entirely possible that they never had a reason to reconsider that (awful) decision. That post 4 years ago can't really be considered "responsible disclosure".