I don't think hack-shaming accomplishes anything. Just yesterday we had someone publish a "securely delete your email" application. 'tptacek found problems in

I don't think hack-shaming accomplishes anything. Just yesterday we had someone publish a "securely delete your email" application. 'tptacek found problems in it immediately[1], but he didn't call the guy incompetent or an idiot or "never trust anything he does again." There was no attempt to shame. I see the more experienced people around here have a lot more sympathy for these guys. If you've done a lot, you've also had some public mistakes. You grow empathy. I do find the company's follow-up offensive. Hopefully they will learn from that, as well. [1]http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4614474 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4614474