The pro-DO bias of HN is showing again. If this was Amazaon or Linode, there would be endless hand-wringing and calls for lawsuits. When its DO doing something incredibly stupid and short-sighted, its 'blame the customer.' This is penny pinching at the cost of security, which is something we often complain about when it comes to other companies. Why does DO get a free pass?
"Oh, there's an option for that" to stop default dangerous behavior should not be excusable. This is further proof on why DO isn't enterprise ready and still a toy for barely stable dotcoms.
Thank god for EU privacy laws. If these guys have any EU presence, they'll be forced to clean up their act via regulation. Clearly, the invisible hand of the market and "there's a option for that" is the fail its always been in regards to security.
I was with you until you started talking about the "invisible hand of the free market" failing and how instead we should be using State force to solve these problems. Isn't your comment a free market action, raising awareness about this problem? Won't this thread cause DO to take action? Say it doesn't. There are plenty of other hosting companies to switch to. And also there are times when I might be willing to trade security for convenience, price, practicality, etc. As a consumer, I want this choice. I think the free market is working fine. You can't bully your way to good security.
Glad somebody pointed this out. It's also hilarious to me that we were all screaming for heads with the GD (mt) acquisition a few months back, and this is just a "pat on the back" type of thing.
Their growth and offerings are great, but they were going to run into problems sooner or later. As we've seen with many other hosts in the past, this is probably just the beginning.
"Oh, there's an option for that" to stop default dangerous behavior should not be excusable. This is further proof on why DO isn't enterprise ready and still a toy for barely stable dotcoms.
Thank god for EU privacy laws. If these guys have any EU presence, they'll be forced to clean up their act via regulation. Clearly, the invisible hand of the market and "there's a option for that" is the fail its always been in regards to security.