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"Secret hard-coded backdoor" makes sense to me, because the linked webpage illustrates a secret hard-coded backdoor in the product.


Regardless:

> […] Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


While I'm not a fan of the title it was submitted with, a backdoor is a heck of a lot different than a "normal" vulnerability; to the point where just saying "vulnerability" is a bit misleading.

Perhaps: "WD MyCloud Multiple Vulnerabilities (including hard coded backdoor)"


Nobody is disputing that, so why even bring it up? Whether "secret hardcoded backdoor" is misleading was being discussed.




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