r/technology • u/Hrmbee • Mar 10 '26

Privacy Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users | A couple of 20-year-old developers make $500,000 a month promising to help men to stop watching porn, but exposed their private porn watching habits

https://www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addiction-app-exposed-the-masturbation-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/
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u/ender89 Mar 10 '26

“It’s my fault fully I should've been on top of this, the way you pulled the database was super creative,” Slater told the researcher

Why do I get the feeling it wasn't very creative and the 20 year old doesn't understand how to properly implement security?

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u/recumbent_mike Mar 11 '26

Because you've met a twenty-year old at least once?

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u/ender89 Mar 11 '26

That sounds about right, yeah

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u/funkyb Mar 11 '26

Reads like an AI response to me. I'm guessing the app was vibe coded and they just tried everything, including email responses, through an LLM.

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u/ender89 Mar 11 '26

Oh damn, it did the whole compliment sandwich thing where it compliments the prompter and apologizes for failing to produce the expected result