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Because a ton of people replied saying they couldn't reproduce the issue. It didn't help that the guy was snarky to a bunch of security researchers who asked hi
by chroma 4y ago
Because a ton of people replied saying they couldn't reproduce the issue. It didn't help that the guy was snarky to a bunch of security researchers who asked him for more info.[1] He also neglected to mention that he'd recently visited the canary URL on that computer (which is why it was in Firefox’s recent shortcuts). Had he been more forthcoming with information, people would have figured it out sooner and his misinformation wouldn't have spread as far.
1. See the bottom of the archived tweet thread: https://archive.ph/qKyA3 https://archive.ph/qKyA3
- zimpenfish 4y ago> Had he been more forthcoming with information It would have been better to have done some verification first, before tweeting, to check whether it was actually doing what it appeared to be. Especially when you know your tweets have considerable reach.
- secitroe 4y ago> Matt Hodges @hodgesmr > lololol @ the "security researchers" sliding into my DMs asking me to run shell commands and send them the output > Go run your Little Snitch and WireShark and tcpdump and mdimport and mitmproxy and system_profiler on yourself; I'm not your SOC Wow this guy comes across like a right twat. No wonder his apology sounds like it's coming out from furiously gritted teeth. Still, I hope he learned something useful from this experience. Many of us have gone through a similar period of arrogance in our younger years, only to be shocked into looking back in shame later on.