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Remember the UK new safety law. https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/reddit-rolls-out-age-verification-in-the-uk-to-comply-with-new-rules/ https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago yes devs are either super green or even mostly AI Solely blaming the devs tells me you have no experience with Firebase security
minus-squareiAvicenna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoNo I don’t but if the firebase sucks isn’t it devs job to be knowing this? They might have warned their supervisors and simply disregarded, that is also another possibility in which case the blame obviously goes to higher up not the devs.
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Solely blaming the devs tells me you have no experience with Firebase security
No I don’t but if the firebase sucks isn’t it devs job to be knowing this? They might have warned their supervisors and simply disregarded, that is also another possibility in which case the blame obviously goes to higher up not the devs.