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Responsible? Mayhaps. But the issue is that this move was required and the incident happened in the first place...
by th0br0 13y ago
Responsible? Mayhaps. But the issue is that this move was required and the incident happened in the first place...
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoSo you mean, being wrong is unforgiveable, and admitting your wrong and taking corrective action is meaningless?
- kiallmacinnes 13y agoAgreed - I dislike MS as much as the next HN reader does, but you're bang on here. Every company makes mistakes and, at face value, this looks like a good measure to avoid the same mistake in the future. Credit where its due and all that...
- th0br0 13y agoNo. Being wrong is not unforgivable, and the steps they have taken to remedy this issue are "good" ones. What I'm peeved about is that they dared to violate their users' privacy in such an extensive way in the first place... and that there are no consequences from doing that.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThere were plenty of consequences for doing that, and hence the new policy. Do you think Microsoft just did this for whimsical reasons?