alt Hacker News> the disclosures put our customers at unnecessary risk.
That statement irks me. Responsible disclosure or not, It's Microsoft themselves that put their customers at risk, not the researcher.
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ikidd • today at 3:47 AM
Especially since the only explanation for why this exists is as a backdoor.
The industry, on average, approves of responsible disclosure because there's a tacit agreement that making risk-proof software isn't feasible. Though admittedly some companies don't seem to be trying very hard anymore.
It's not a dichotomy either, they can both have put the customers at risk.