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Response from the developer in the Linuxfx-Forums[1]: "Unfortunately there are people who like to gain popularity by doing this kind of reverse work, but we ar
by das_keyboard 4y ago
Response from the developer in the Linuxfx-Forums[1]:
"Unfortunately there are people who like to gain popularity by doing this kind of reverse work, but we are working on a final solution. [...] The Linuxfx activation system was written in a basic way, because at the time we did not imagine that we would have so many users and would attract the attention of hackers."
[1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxfxdevil/discussion/general/thread/10916991be/#1d98/6188 https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxfxdevil/discussion/general/th...
- ziddoap 4y agoThe ol' "We didn't think we'd be hacked!" excuse is getting very tired. There was a very small window in time where that was a legitimate excuse, but its been at least a decade or two since that time.
- gabereiser 4y ago“We didn’t think” should be the focal point here. Whether it’s being hacked, or “no one would notice”, or whatever. “We didn’t think” means a hasty launch without thinking about side effects and consequences. Every good team will think about the “what if” scenarios. Any good engineer would have caught this and said “yeah, maybe we shouldn’t do that…”
- saghm 4y agoNot to mention the attempt to try to deflect the blame onto the people who exposed the bug. I don't think it's "unfortunate" for people to find things like this, and I don't care if their only motive is to gain popularity.
- joshspankit 4y agoWeren’t they specifically parading the “fact” that they had so many users? It’s very difficult to come off as having integrity when you argue from both sides simultaneously.