Latest LJ brouhaha

[annathepiper]

(This is an LJ-specific post so I'm posting it directly here versus mirroring off my WP blog.)

Many of you are probably already aware of the latest LJ brouhaha re: a security breach caused by the last code update. For those of you who aren't, this was first brought to my attention over here on JournalFen's Unfunny Business community, which in turn links to this post on the LJ Releases community. Since then there has also been a post to LJ Maintenance which to my current knowledge is LJ's only response to the issue.

I've withstood a lot of LJ brouhahas, but this one troubles me deeply. Less that the breach happened at all--though make no mistake, ANYTHING that allows users to even accidentally see other people's locked content is very much NOT COOL--and more that LJ's official response to the matter appears to be naive at best and actively ignoring contradictory reports from the userbase at worst.

I'm now seriously pondering what to do about this and whether it's enough to drive me off of LJ, or at least to stop giving them money. I have not reached a decision on this yet.

This post, though, is more a) to alert those of you who aren't aware of the issue yet about it, and b) to note to any of you who DO choose to leave LJ or who may opt to do your future primary posting from Dreamwidth, I am over there under the same username. If I don't already have you friended over there, let me know and I'll add you, and shift my reading of your posts to that site.

More on this as I know it.

Comments

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

There are several reasons why I didn't pay to upkeep my journal when it was time last month. One: I didn't have the money; two: I haven't written a post in a year (although I still read what others on my friends list write); three: it seems services are becoming more erradict like the current screw up. There are probably a couple of other reasons that I can't currently think of, but those are the biggest ones. I doubt I'll go back to paying for anything, since mostly what I was paying for was photo storage (which I haven't needed for some time) and for having more than three or four userpics to choose from when posting. I haven't decided if I'll drift over to Dreamwidth anyway since I haven't been posting regularly recently anyhow. If I make the move, I'll friend you over there.

[annathepiper]

If you'd like a Dreamwidth invite code, let me know! If I don't have one myself at such a time, I'm sure I can get you one from several online friends. :)