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I never get it why people who discover secrets like these make extra sure nobody else can ever enjoy them again. Just use the undocumented feature and don't mak

by nukeop 9y ago

I never get it why people who discover secrets like these make extra sure nobody else can ever enjoy them again. Just use the undocumented feature and don't make a big thing out of it. This way it's ruined for everybody, and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post.

aleontiev 9y ago
Not sure if sarcasm or stalker enthusiast
- blattimwind 9y ago
  Why come out with an ad hominem? You could just say "data enthusiast" ("I like big datas and I cannot lie").
reimertz 9y ago
Don't know if you're sarcastic, but I prefer privacy related issues like this to be surfaced and would call it morally wrong not doing so.
- nukeop 9y ago
  There would be no privacy issues if the users did not give up that private data willingly in the first place. A-ok with random company on the internet having access to it, but suddenly other random parties exploiting it are "creepy"? It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway.
  - saagarjha 9y ago
    > It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway. That doesn't make it acceptable in any way.
josephwegner 9y ago
This is not an unintended feature - it is a gaping privacy gap. That data is not intended to be public, and is in fact dangerous when made public. It's _especially_ creepy that this detailed data is available to someone who has unsuccessfully interacted with you on a dating website. All that aside from this likely being against the terms & conditions provided by OkCupid, meaning their user's data was being used against the contractual limits. There was no real-world case where this data was useful in a non-creepy way.
UncleEntity 9y ago
> ...and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post. And, you know, some increased measure of privacy. For some odd reason people seem to be concerned about all the private data they (willingly) give to these corporations leaking outside of the corporation proper as if it's a violation of their (misplaced) trust or something. Lots of that going around recently for...reasons.
notananthem 9y ago
This sort of comment is in line with their post history so no, likely not sarcasm.
- nukeop 9y ago
  Who are you?
saagarjha 9y ago
> it's ruined for everybody I'd prefer that it was. This is clearly something that leaks personal information.

by nukeop 9y ago

aleontiev 9y ago

Not sure if sarcasm or stalker enthusiast

blattimwind 9y ago
Why come out with an ad hominem? You could just say "data enthusiast" ("I like big datas and I cannot lie").

reimertz 9y ago

Don't know if you're sarcastic, but I prefer privacy related issues like this to be surfaced and would call it morally wrong not doing so.

nukeop 9y ago
There would be no privacy issues if the users did not give up that private data willingly in the first place. A-ok with random company on the internet having access to it, but suddenly other random parties exploiting it are "creepy"? It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway.
- saagarjha 9y ago
  > It was being shared with advertisers and analytics providers anyway. That doesn't make it acceptable in any way.

josephwegner 9y ago

This is not an unintended feature - it is a gaping privacy gap. That data is not intended to be public, and is in fact dangerous when made public. It's _especially_ creepy that this detailed data is available to someone who has unsuccessfully interacted with you on a dating website. All that aside from this likely being against the terms & conditions provided by OkCupid, meaning their user's data was being used against the contractual limits. There was no real-world case where this data was useful in a non-creepy way.

UncleEntity 9y ago

> ...and they get nothing in return, except for some HN points on their blog post. And, you know, some increased measure of privacy. For some odd reason people seem to be concerned about all the private data they (willingly) give to these corporations leaking outside of the corporation proper as if it's a violation of their (misplaced) trust or something. Lots of that going around recently for...reasons.

notananthem 9y ago

This sort of comment is in line with their post history so no, likely not sarcasm.

nukeop 9y ago
Who are you?

saagarjha 9y ago

> it's ruined for everybody I'd prefer that it was. This is clearly something that leaks personal information.