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God I hope my co-workers in the PKI group would say "hell no" if our CEO came and asked for the private keys. Show some damn backbone. Though on 2nd thought, m

God I hope my co-workers in the PKI group would say "hell no" if our CEO came and asked for the private keys. Show some damn backbone. Though on 2nd thought, maybe having a society with a good social safety net and collective bargaining for workers would be a good foundation for a positive outcome in that situation. If workers are afraid of losing their jobs because they'd lose health insurance and other vital benefits then they'd be more likely to cave. Sorry but being from a former socialist country in the top 5 world ranking of living standards I can't help but make it a social discussion.

ben_jones 9y ago
The way I see it, most undergrads would write malware, spyware, adware, and bloatware, for a low six figure salary. Likewise I think most developers outside of SV, SEA, NY, etc., would do the same for that amount. I have little faith in software developers and administrators to show a backbone when their salary is on the line.
cityroasted 9y ago
Looks like Trustico is a UK company.
Piskvorrr 9y ago
The issue wasn't "CEO gets what CEO wants," but that the private keys were even retrievable by someone else than their holder.
corobo 9y ago
When these things come up they often have this sort of comment attached. The comments always make it look like the conversation went "Hey can I get them private keys?" and our sysadmin hero either says "no" or our oppressed sysadmin afraid to lose their job says "sure, here you go boss!" I guess where I'm going with this is - do people really do that? Either say yes or no? Where's the part where you explain the reason behind no? "If I do that it compromises xyz putting us at risk of exploits a,b,c and lawsuits 1,2,3" and then a more informed CEO either asks again or drops whatever they were trying to do
rasz 9y ago
>would say "hell no" if our CEO came and asked for the private keys what if he asked for bigger furniture budget? we all know how that ends

ben_jones 9y ago

The way I see it, most undergrads would write malware, spyware, adware, and bloatware, for a low six figure salary. Likewise I think most developers outside of SV, SEA, NY, etc., would do the same for that amount. I have little faith in software developers and administrators to show a backbone when their salary is on the line.

cityroasted 9y ago

Looks like Trustico is a UK company.

Piskvorrr 9y ago

The issue wasn't "CEO gets what CEO wants," but that the private keys were even retrievable by someone else than their holder.

corobo 9y ago

When these things come up they often have this sort of comment attached. The comments always make it look like the conversation went "Hey can I get them private keys?" and our sysadmin hero either says "no" or our oppressed sysadmin afraid to lose their job says "sure, here you go boss!" I guess where I'm going with this is - do people really do that? Either say yes or no? Where's the part where you explain the reason behind no? "If I do that it compromises xyz putting us at risk of exploits a,b,c and lawsuits 1,2,3" and then a more informed CEO either asks again or drops whatever they were trying to do

rasz 9y ago

>would say "hell no" if our CEO came and asked for the private keys what if he asked for bigger furniture budget? we all know how that ends