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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (17 children)

As someone interviewing for Canonical's Security team (they make you do like 10 interviews, I'm like 5 deep over 3 weeks), I cannot imagine anyone security-minded writing that comment. It either:

  • Comes from higher up
  • Michal doesn't think security is important
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