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>CTO having zero regard for his customers and having the gall to tell us to install a new OS ourselves for our own safety I would not call that 'zero regard'.

>CTO having zero regard for his customers and having the gall to tell us to install a new OS ourselves for our own safety I would not call that 'zero regard'. I would personally label it as having the utmost regard, as he was willing to stick his neck out there and do something that would obviously have negative repercussions to his career, etc. Were mistakes made? Yes, but that is normal. I personally haven't seen anything him do technology-wise or security-trustworthiness-wise that I've hated. Did he maybe trust the wrong guy or perhaps make some un-sound business decisions? Apparently. But that's not why I'm interested in his project.

orblivion 8y ago
He had the utmost regard for his craft, which I respect and gives him a lot of credibility there. And as such I sympathized with him initially. I also resent the idea of business interests leading to cutting corners in security (assuming that's what happened here). But I don't recall any apology from him (though I do recall one from the CEO). It's been a while, but I don't recall him going out of his way to provide hand-holding instructions on installing the next best thing available that he recommends, which I would expect as a _customer_. Whatever happened, whose ever "fault" it is, it's the responsibility of the company to serve the customer, not throw your hands up and say "Well I guess I can't do this anymore. You should do this instead now.". Resentment aside, if he were working for a company in a technical capacity, I'd trust that company more. But I wouldn't trust a company with him in an executive position.
- Crestwave 8y ago
  I'm not sure I get what you mean. If you're talking about Daniel Micay, if I remember correctly, what happened was that the CEO basically betrayed him and kicked him out of the company. He's not part of it anymore, and is now working on https://github.com/AndroidHardening https://github.com/AndroidHardening.

orblivion 8y ago

He had the utmost regard for his craft, which I respect and gives him a lot of credibility there. And as such I sympathized with him initially. I also resent the idea of business interests leading to cutting corners in security (assuming that's what happened here). But I don't recall any apology from him (though I do recall one from the CEO). It's been a while, but I don't recall him going out of his way to provide hand-holding instructions on installing the next best thing available that he recommends, which I would expect as a _customer_. Whatever happened, whose ever "fault" it is, it's the responsibility of the company to serve the customer, not throw your hands up and say "Well I guess I can't do this anymore. You should do this instead now.". Resentment aside, if he were working for a company in a technical capacity, I'd trust that company more. But I wouldn't trust a company with him in an executive position.

Crestwave 8y ago
I'm not sure I get what you mean. If you're talking about Daniel Micay, if I remember correctly, what happened was that the CEO basically betrayed him and kicked him out of the company. He's not part of it anymore, and is now working on https://github.com/AndroidHardening https://github.com/AndroidHardening.