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So, “i am under NDA” but I reveal my client’s name and a lot of sensitive details about what we are doing. LOL.

by whiplash451 4y ago

dewey 4y ago
Where do you see the clients name? I only see Vimeo being mentioned.
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  It has been edited. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31271836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31271836
  - dewey 4y ago
    Got it. To be honest I'd be hesitant to publish a blog post like that with your name + current company name attached to it. It's a bit different to share a fun story a few years later about that time you almost wiped production.
  - daniel-cussen 4y ago
    Well at least deleting the secret is a step back toward the NDA he left behind.
  - Closi 4y ago
    It still breaks the NDA: * Firstly, you don't have to name the company to break the NDA anyway (you are still disclosing information you aren't supposed to disclose regardless of if it can be linked back to the company). * Secondly, the client is still named on the front page of the website. * Thirdly, OP posted this with his real name that trivially links back to the dev shop he is working for. The site also has his CV which lists the client again, with a description of the project to link it to the post. * Finally, The client can trivially be identified by googling the description in the second paragraph (i.e. just search the named countries in operation plus the word Gym).
    - 12ian34 4y ago
      Not all NDAs have the same terms. I could write up and serve an NDA right now that still counts as an NDA yet permits everything in your list.
      - Closi 4y ago
        All contracts vary in terms, but I've never seen an NDA that says "you can talk about the content under NDA as long as you don't mention the businesses name, and just identify who they are in a roundabout way instead". "Well i'm under an NDA, so I can tell you all the specifics of the project, but I can't tell you the companies name. I can say they own the largest search engine though, and have a market cap of 1.5 trillion, and rhyme with "Roogle", but I really can't say who they are. Anyway, here is some code I wrote for them and a description of how we nearly ruined their project along with me calling them incompetent..."
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So, “i am under NDA” but I reveal my client’s name and a lot of sensitive details about what we are doing. LOL.

dewey 4y ago

Where do you see the clients name? I only see Vimeo being mentioned.

ceejayoz 4y ago
It has been edited. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31271836 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31271836
- dewey 4y ago
  Got it. To be honest I'd be hesitant to publish a blog post like that with your name + current company name attached to it. It's a bit different to share a fun story a few years later about that time you almost wiped production.
- daniel-cussen 4y ago
  Well at least deleting the secret is a step back toward the NDA he left behind.
- Closi 4y ago
  It still breaks the NDA: * Firstly, you don't have to name the company to break the NDA anyway (you are still disclosing information you aren't supposed to disclose regardless of if it can be linked back to the company). * Secondly, the client is still named on the front page of the website. * Thirdly, OP posted this with his real name that trivially links back to the dev shop he is working for. The site also has his CV which lists the client again, with a description of the project to link it to the post. * Finally, The client can trivially be identified by googling the description in the second paragraph (i.e. just search the named countries in operation plus the word Gym).
  - 12ian34 4y ago
    Not all NDAs have the same terms. I could write up and serve an NDA right now that still counts as an NDA yet permits everything in your list.
    - Closi 4y ago
      All contracts vary in terms, but I've never seen an NDA that says "you can talk about the content under NDA as long as you don't mention the businesses name, and just identify who they are in a roundabout way instead". "Well i'm under an NDA, so I can tell you all the specifics of the project, but I can't tell you the companies name. I can say they own the largest search engine though, and have a market cap of 1.5 trillion, and rhyme with "Roogle", but I really can't say who they are. Anyway, here is some code I wrote for them and a description of how we nearly ruined their project along with me calling them incompetent..."

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