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MrGilbert on July 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: "Just Fucking Ship It" (Or: On Vibecoding)

The article says: "Nearly a thousand children under the age of 18 with their live location, photo, and age being beamed up to a database that's left wide open."

Meme-level mistake is one thing, but their wrong doesn’t grant the right to be irresponsible for the author.

bravetraveler on July 9, 2025 [–]

I don't believe this is irresponsible, they called for readers to report the app. We can all contact the host and go escalate if we want.

I wouldn't suggest anyone recreate this process just to sanitize what's sitting around.

There you go, new trolley problem.

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