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Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life' — expert claims action is vindictive and promises further retaliation (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 22 points 3 months ago (1 child)

rather than everyone laughing

You misspelled "firing the authoritarian nutjob for cause," which would've been the bare minimum of reasonable reactions.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    if that's bare minimum, what is the upper limit for reasonable reactions? Hang him?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Publicly shame, actively blacklist them from ever working in any of their companies, and making sure everybody in the IT space knows this, would ruin this person's ability to do any more damage and might be the upper limit? Well that or doing a Boeing... Take your pick.

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