this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
415 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
37382 readers
227 users here now
Rumors, happenings, and innovations in the technology sphere. If it's technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
A tip isn't a story in itself, it's a suggestion of where to start looking for one. "Hey, I'm off the record here, but some shady shit is going down at my job and you might want to fire off a Freedom of Information request for x, y and z or talk to a and b" is a pretty good tip.
Guess you're right, I just find it weird for anyone to leave a worthwhile tip over an unencrypted third party company's messaging. It's like "I'm off the record... but I don't really care who hears me say it".