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		mkr-hn on Oct 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitch source code and customer data has reportedl... Theorypothesis: the pre-Amazon acquisition company had very informal access controls, and Amazon is known for limiting how much change it imposes on acquisitions, so didn't know about this or didn't change to a more corporatey way of controlling access.

dgemm on Oct 6, 2021 [–]

IIRC twitch was always very resistant to Amazon processes like COEs, so I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed back on stricter access controls too.

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