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MandieD on March 16, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: X0.at: upload files from cURL

"You can't rely on the good faith of users; if your service is easily usable for crime, it will be used for it." - should be on every developer's login screen

mcculley on March 16, 2021 [–]

And every developer needs to explain this to clients.

I had a client wanting to defer identity validation on a two-sided market system. I had to explain how it would be used for money laundering. It had never occurred to the client.

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