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Chris Dupres 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@blaktron
First thing, this is a great thread on the OSS model and the inherent risks from bad actors in this space. Very worth a read. Second, though is the point about
@Snowden
. It's a typical bias from programmers, but a particularly stark example of it.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
So sure, he's not a developer and isn't a highly technical privacy/security expert but he's trying to do good and he's one of the few people providing support to projects aiming to make things better. I see far more silly stuff in feeds of security engineers / researchers anyway.
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Chris Dupres 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@blaktron
Here he calls Snowden "not highly technical" because he isnt a developer. Snowden was an enterprise infrastructure/storage guy and got a pretty sr gig while he was really young. He bypassed loads of "highly technical" NSA security on his way out the door. He is highly technical
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Chris Dupres 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@blaktron
Why this is so funny in this context is that the thread is a programmer talking about how he lost his infrastructure and update capabilities. From an infrastructure/storage perspective that makes me think he isnt highly technical. I doubt
@Snowden
would have ended up there.
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Chris Dupres 🇨🇦 🇺🇦
@blaktron
Replying to
@DanielMicay
and
@Snowden
I think dealing with insider threats is a core part of enterprise security and it seems it wasnt done here. That's ok, nobody is perfect. It's funny because you are calling him not highly technical after making a rookie admin mistake.
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
Replying to
@blaktron
and
@Snowden
Yeah, nobody is perfect. Some clueless people like yourself make incredibly ignorant and naive claims on Twitter including posting completely ridiculous unconstructive criticism. I don't know why you're talking about enterprise security in the context of a two person startup.
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