Comment on The Verge Under Fire For Publishing Info About ‘Deadlock,’ Valve’s Secret Shooter

• edgemaster72@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From my understanding users of the beta can then invite others to join as well, Valve isn’t necessarily directly choosing who has access. So if Valve didn’t send the invite themselves they wouldn’t know to specifically put someone under a more strict NDA or whatnot because they’re a journalist. Could they have done more to restrict all users from sharing information? Yes, since apparently you just have to hit escape to bypass the agreement pop up, and there’s no other sort of NDA or contract or w/e in place upon joining.

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  • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s all I’m saying. Valve is the gatekeeper and left the gate wide open. They blew it and they’re looking for someone else to blame.

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    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Valve fucked up but the Verge still broke the social contract regardless of whether they’re legally in the clear or not.

      Doing something just because “it’s legal” doesn’t make it a moral justification. My wife and I have a joint bank account. It is legal for me to take money from it and gamble it all away, the gate is “open” but that doesn’t make it morally justifiable.

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      • moody@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Meh, I don’t think there’s anything morally wrong with what he did. What he did wasn’t just legal, it’s literally his job. The only issue is that Valve is now angry at him for their own failing.

        To continue the same analogy, they didn’t just leave the gate open, they literally invited a bunch of people and told them to invite other people. I’m not sure what they expected if not this exact situation.

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      • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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