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Still, no system is going to be infallible. Consciously or subconsciously, you know all your friends are going to see your innermost secrets when the app gets outed by Anonymous wannabes on Reddit or legit hacktivists on 4chan.

This person is very misguided if they think that most security research originates from Anons.

Or maybe they're making fun of infosec people in general?

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>This person is very misguided if they think that most security research originates from Anons.

A fair amount of personal information dissemination certainly happens on 4chan and similar places. I guess this is what he is referring to rather than high quality security research.

But that's not a substantial threat for the average user of the service. They only unmask or 'dox' someone when they think there's enough entertainment value in it, but the percentage of people to whom this happens is almost negligible.

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