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I get that you're being edgy, but I'll ask a serious question: If we assume this was a design purpose, to what end would it be useful?
by cguess 5y ago
I get that you're being edgy, but I'll ask a serious question: If we assume this was a design purpose, to what end would it be useful?
- version_five 5y agoI dont think it's necessary true (and certainly not helpful) to say the parent is being "edgy" - though I have noticed that's the new internet insult used to casually dismiss different ideas. His point also could have been that the app exists literally to share your sensitive personal information with other parties...
- r00fus 5y agoGuessing at a 3-word comment's meaning ignores the point that it's nearly content free, so deserves the derision.
- philwelch 5y agoThis particular breach was, I admit, probably not a design purpose. Apparently they unintentionally exposed completely different personal data than they originally intended to. On a broader scale, it makes sense that people who build vaccine passport apps and people who are passionate about personal privacy are non-overlapping sets of people.
- tyingq 5y agoI don't think they thought beyond the requirement of "scanning a barcode and submitting a query based on the contents of the barcode". The barcode probably returns a userid or something else that's guessable or iterable.