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> Why would I enter into a commercial relationship with you if our first interaction is you misrepresenting yourself or worse, outright lying to me?

A 'security' consultancy posted an article on LinkedIn on 'critical security vulnerabilities' they found on the web app from a company I worked at. The company hired them to do an assessment. The most critical vulnerability was a bug on a login page preventing registration.

So not only does cold calling work, bad-mouthing on social media seems to be a viable strategy. I'd have blacklisted them.



So not only does cold calling work, bad-mouthing on social media seems to be a viable strategy. I'd have blacklisted them.

Well that's the thing, isn't it? He (and others) may be thinking "Hey! This worked!". But he has no idea how many potential customers looked at LinkedIn and say "screw this guy" and will never do business with him.




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