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I can definitely see a developer's concerns being brushed aside as a "business decision" on the grounds that growing their userbase or adding new features is more important to the startup's survival than security at that time.

It's actually a pretty damn good line, and I think it's really, fantastically hard to know when your ethical responsibility as an engineer starts to outweigh your obligations as an employee.




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