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If this is as severe as I think it is, you may seriously want to consider taking down this link. Google and @gorhill have likely made things private for a reason.



Why? The model is wrong. There are always going to be severe bugs in deliberately complicated software. Hiding them behind terms that pretend the issue is about responsible disclosure is much more harmful in the long run because the real problem does not get fixed. Instead, due to a dependence on bad software, the problem can be used to attack speech.


Not necessary: between when I loaded this page five minutes ago and when I logged in to comment, the gist was pulled.




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