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They're just getting started, give them a break. Maybe shoot them an email and set up a Skype call to give them some advice.

• samstave 14y ago
  THIS is exactly what people on HN should be doing. Embrace and extend. Call these people up - say "Hey! I saw this and I was a little concerned. I am an [expertise goes here] who has done [experience ges here] - I'd like to either give you some advice or connect you with people who are masters of solving this problem. Mentor them and who knows, you may get to meet Sir. Richard someday and gain his interest in your own projects! (but dont make this the goal of reaching out to them)
  • mkramlich 14y ago
    > Embrace and extend. That's not what "embrace and extend" means. To give a hint, it typically has a third part: "... and extinguish."
  • lelele 14y ago
    > THIS is exactly what people on HN should be doing. I don't think so. If you start a business and you neither have a clue about your core product - i.e. security - nor care about asking someone who does, you better fail soon and the world will be a better place. There are too many wannabes already, don't you think?
    • samstave 14y ago
      While I agree, I was commenting more about the HN community than I was their competency.
• confluence 14y ago
  True on the advice. False on the break. You don't just "start" on passwords/usernames - seriously it's not a game (but I suppose consumers ask for it if they trust a bunch of kids). Look at all the password leaks over the last couple of years and you'll realise it's not a damn game - you really need to know what you're doing. Especially if that's your core value proposition. Security is not a "move fast and break things" start-up. It's a "don't screw up or you'll get sued into the ground" start-up.