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Unless there's more to this story, it's a big fat "trust me, because I said it happened" story. I have no horse in this race, and do not use Vercel - but there

by Alupis 3y ago

Unless there's more to this story, it's a big fat "trust me, because I said it happened" story. I have no horse in this race, and do not use Vercel - but there's zero evidence provided, and the story isn't even first-party. The author even says "I looked at the email so it's valid" aka "trust me". Seeing the author's twitter account is filled with "look at how great I am, I shipped 18 apps before breakfast" posts - I have no choice but to be cautiously skeptical at the provided claims unless actual evidence is presented. With that said - it sounds like an individual who happens to also work at Vercel may have abused their access and contacted some other party with some sort of cease and desist demand because the app idea and name were similar to theirs. News at 11...

upon_drumhead 3y ago
https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/1713295474998772215 https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221... > @vercel_support > Our investigation has determined a member of our customer-facing team violated company policy. We have taken appropriate action. > This was an error in human judgment; Vercel’s internal security systems worked as expected. > The employee did not have access to any source code, secrets, or the ability to change settings or deployments. > The employee used customer information, which they have access to for their job duties, to pursue a personal trademark matter. > We have zero tolerance for this behavior, have taken action, and will continue reinforcing procedures to prevent future occurrences.
- Alupis 3y ago
  Thanks for this context. So... it was a rogue employee trying to get a competing app to stop using a similar name to that employee's personal trademark. Everything seems normal until the employee used the email address on record to reach out to the user - and was rightfully terminated. News at 11? None of this seems related to Vercel at all, yet that's the clickbait.
  - jacobr1 3y ago
    If anything, presuming this all is true, it increases my respect for Vercel for acting promptly and appropriately.
    - matijash 3y ago
      yep, agree on that, don't see a better way to react
  - matijash 3y ago
    Why do you find the title misleading/clickbait?
- politelemon 3y ago
  The title says they were fired, but vercel says appropriate action was taken. Eg, it could be a reprimand. Did I miss that bit?
  - matijash 3y ago
    https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038 https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038

by Alupis 3y ago

upon_drumhead 3y ago

https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/1713295474998772215 https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221... > @vercel_support > Our investigation has determined a member of our customer-facing team violated company policy. We have taken appropriate action. > This was an error in human judgment; Vercel’s internal security systems worked as expected. > The employee did not have access to any source code, secrets, or the ability to change settings or deployments. > The employee used customer information, which they have access to for their job duties, to pursue a personal trademark matter. > We have zero tolerance for this behavior, have taken action, and will continue reinforcing procedures to prevent future occurrences.

Alupis 3y ago
Thanks for this context. So... it was a rogue employee trying to get a competing app to stop using a similar name to that employee's personal trademark. Everything seems normal until the employee used the email address on record to reach out to the user - and was rightfully terminated. News at 11? None of this seems related to Vercel at all, yet that's the clickbait.
- jacobr1 3y ago
  If anything, presuming this all is true, it increases my respect for Vercel for acting promptly and appropriately.
  - matijash 3y ago
    yep, agree on that, don't see a better way to react
- matijash 3y ago
  Why do you find the title misleading/clickbait?
politelemon 3y ago
The title says they were fired, but vercel says appropriate action was taken. Eg, it could be a reprimand. Did I miss that bit?
- matijash 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038 https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038