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Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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If you don't know who this is, he wrote one of my favourite books on web (browser) security: "The Tangled Web" [1].

Another lesser known book by him is also worth a read: "Silence on the Wire" that takes a look at the full information security stack from the keyboard you type on, to the wires the data transits, to the internet protocols, etc [2] and looking at how each stage exposes/protects data.

And has quite an interesting history in infosec beyond that [3].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Web-Securing-Modern-Applicati...

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Silence-Wire-Passive-Reconnaissance-I...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Zalewski

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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@jvanegue:

> there is a CISO position to fill at @facebook I hear

@lcamtuf:

> Waiting for NYTimes to tell me why I am leaving Google first.

This little exchange speaks volumes about what's happening in the the media regarding the tech industry: one company behaves badly and then all get tarred and feathered. Facebook's security leadership starts jumping ship, and when someone analogous from Google, a completely different organization with a completely different (i.e. existent) moral compass and set of security practices leaves his post for unstated reasons at about the same time, the world assumes a similar scandal is on the way.

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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post #3

@jvanegue: > there is a CISO position to fill at @facebook I hear @lcamtuf: > Waiting for NYTimes to tell me why I am leaving Google first. This little exchange speaks volumes about what's happening in the the media regarding the tech industry: one company behaves badly and then all get tarred and feathered. Facebook's security leadership starts jumping ship, and when someone analogous from Google, a completely diffe…

Has the New York Times actually published an article about this? Until that happens I think you’re denouncing a phenomenon that doesn’t exist.

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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@jvanegue: > there is a CISO position to fill at @facebook I hear @lcamtuf: > Waiting for NYTimes to tell me why I am leaving Google first. This little exchange speaks volumes about what's happening in the the media regarding the tech industry: one company behaves badly and then all get tarred and feathered. Facebook's security leadership starts jumping ship, and when someone analogous from Google, a completely diffe…

Has the New York Times actually published an article about this? Until that happens I think you’re denouncing a phenomenon that doesn’t exist.

I think you're missing the joke here...

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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post #2

If you don't know who this is, he wrote one of my favourite books on web (browser) security: "The Tangled Web" [1]. Another lesser known book by him is also worth a read: "Silence on the Wire" that takes a look at the full information security stack from the keyboard you type on, to the wires the data transits, to the internet protocols, etc [2] and looking at how each stage exposes/protects data. And has quite an in…

He also had a pretty popular post here a while back about prepping for doomsday [1], interesting read.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15110850

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Has the New York Times actually published an article about this? Until that happens I think you’re denouncing a phenomenon that doesn’t exist.

I think you're missing the joke here...

I don’t. Nothing about jfasi’s comment reads like a joke.

Re: Michał Zalewski, Director Information Security Engineering, leaves Google

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post #2

If you don't know who this is, he wrote one of my favourite books on web (browser) security: "The Tangled Web" [1]. Another lesser known book by him is also worth a read: "Silence on the Wire" that takes a look at the full information security stack from the keyboard you type on, to the wires the data transits, to the internet protocols, etc [2] and looking at how each stage exposes/protects data. And has quite an in…

I loved Silence on the Wire (your [2]) - really changed my perspective on how much we "give away" passively
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