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PSA, security disclosure: do not use Hive 

Some reputable security researchers and SREs on birdsite are sharing that Hive has already had a major security breach and responded to private disclosure with public whataboutism instead of immediately patching:

* twitter.com/dynamicsymmetry/st

Direct article link: zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en

Avoid, avoid avoid avoid with anything resembling sensitive data. This is about as big a red flag as they come.

re: PSA, security disclosure: do not use Hive 

@Goldkin Yeah, servers have been down for the past couple of days. This might be another Pillowfort situation.

re: PSA, security disclosure: do not use Hive 

@SkunkyLass @Goldkin shut down like a day or so ago to address the critical problems they were having but I don't trust it being resolved. The dev doesn't have the experience to deliver what they need.

re: PSA, security disclosure: do not use Hive 

@ceralor @Goldkin A shame, really. All of comics Twitter decided to migrate there, and now if I want to network in that space I might have to go back to the hellsite.

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