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For what it's worth, Facebook did not dissolve its dedicated security team. That statement is misreporting on the part of The Verge. Facebook's security team is

For what it's worth, Facebook did not dissolve its dedicated security team. That statement is misreporting on the part of The Verge. Facebook's security team is actually expanding its presence. There is lot of misinformation about the Stamos debacle on all sides.

ErikAugust 8y ago
Do you have a source for this, "throwaway"?
- smbullet 8y ago
  No need for the anti-anonymity here. Politely asking for a source is fine.
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  - uabstraction 8y ago
    Eh. The irony of an anonymous person defending a company which forbids anonymity is not lost on me :)
- throwawaymath 8y ago
  With regards to the implication: this isn't a throwaway account, it's just ironically named. Take a look at my comment history; I'm not affiliated with Facebook in any official capacity, but I do know security engineers who work there and I've been to Facebook offices. A true statement is that Facebook's security teams have been shifted around in several reorgs. A false statement is that Facebook has dissolved its security teams. The latter is a mischaracterization of the former, because while some security staff have left Facebook for a variety of reasons, the company is not deliberately reducing its security staff nor encouraging their departure. It still employs a huge number of engineers specializing in every major domain of information security. If you'd like evidence that Facebook is expanding its security presence, you can take a look at its careers portal. It's aggressively hiring security staff in satellite offices that previously weren't focus areas for security engineering. In my opinion, Alex Stamos' company memo gives a clearer picture of what's happened in Facebook's security org recently.[1] You should read that in addition to media reports. ______________ 1. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-alex-stamos-memo-cambridge-analytica-pick-sides https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-alex-s...
  - ErikAugust 8y ago
    Thank you.

ErikAugust 8y ago

Do you have a source for this, "throwaway"?

smbullet 8y ago
No need for the anti-anonymity here. Politely asking for a source is fine.
- deleted 8y ago
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- uabstraction 8y ago
  Eh. The irony of an anonymous person defending a company which forbids anonymity is not lost on me :)
throwawaymath 8y ago
With regards to the implication: this isn't a throwaway account, it's just ironically named. Take a look at my comment history; I'm not affiliated with Facebook in any official capacity, but I do know security engineers who work there and I've been to Facebook offices. A true statement is that Facebook's security teams have been shifted around in several reorgs. A false statement is that Facebook has dissolved its security teams. The latter is a mischaracterization of the former, because while some security staff have left Facebook for a variety of reasons, the company is not deliberately reducing its security staff nor encouraging their departure. It still employs a huge number of engineers specializing in every major domain of information security. If you'd like evidence that Facebook is expanding its security presence, you can take a look at its careers portal. It's aggressively hiring security staff in satellite offices that previously weren't focus areas for security engineering. In my opinion, Alex Stamos' company memo gives a clearer picture of what's happened in Facebook's security org recently.[1] You should read that in addition to media reports. ______________ 1. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-alex-stamos-memo-cambridge-analytica-pick-sides https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-alex-s...
- ErikAugust 8y ago
  Thank you.