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iguana
on Nov 24, 2016
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Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that w...
Operationally, the CEO should probably not have write access to a master DB.
thecatspaw
on Nov 24, 2016
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the CEO is one of the original developers as I understand it, which is probably why he has access to it. but you are right, he should not have it
ryanSrich
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So since the founding of Reddit in 2005 and now—we're expected to believe that Reddit hasn't hired a single security expert, engineer or otherwise which has rightfully removed any unnecessary access to user data? This seems incredible to me.
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