Comment by LazyMans
2 hours ago
That wasn't the CEO, and "lie" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. A non-product person (CISO) was being asked if a specific feature exists and they believed it did not. Should they have said something along the lines of, "as far as I know, no" yes, they should have. It's a mistake, not a lie. Lie would require intentionally having knowledge of it and trying to obscure that fact.
this one felt like lying though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H30Ub6olYL4&t=907s
They do not deserve the benefit of doubt. If anything their executives or officers say is not truthful it must be interpreted as being knowing and malicious. Flock's systems have been too easily abused to assume anything else. A company their size can't be so stupid as to allow for the abuse that's happened without everyone in the decision chain being well aware of the possibility and those use cases.