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It's not just any white hat hacker, it's saurik who was behind the original jailbreaking tools for iOS and the creator of Cydia, the unofficial app store back t

by hbbio 5y ago

It's not just any white hat hacker, it's saurik who was behind the original jailbreaking tools for iOS and the creator of Cydia, the unofficial app store back then. He is also now the "CTO" (if the term applies) of a well-known blockchain-based VPN, Orchid. Edit: He has a great write-up about the vulnerability and its discovery on his blog: https://www.saurik.com/optimism.html https://www.saurik.com/optimism.html (which was on HN a couple days ago)

aerique 5y ago
A jailbroken iPhone 3GS is the phone I've had the longest (nearing 5 years I think) and it was a joy to use, so thanks saurik and enjoy the bounty!
andrewmcwatters 5y ago
CXO titles in organizations do not exist without a board of directors. Businesses otherwise simply have members, managers, employees, contractors or vendors, or volunteers. You can pretend you're a CEO/CTO, but if you answer to no board, you're not.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > Businesses otherwise simply have members, managers, employees, contractors or vendors, or volunteers. Clubs have members; businesses have employees. I think I'll take my lessons on business terminology from someone else, if it's all the same to you.
  - andrewmcwatters 5y ago
    > Owners of an LLC are called members. Most states do not restrict ownership, so members may include individuals, corporations, other LLCs and foreign entities. There is no maximum number of members. Most states also permit “single-member” LLCs, those having only one owner.[1] [1]: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/limited-liability-company-llc https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      TIL, thanks. I would have assumed those are called "owners", so thought you meant "members" in the fake sense of employees, as ISTR some large American corporates (Walmart, Amazon?) using it. Though I notice now that you actually mentioned employees, too, explicitly; I must have totally missed that.
- cowsandmilk 5y ago
  Orchid is a Delaware C corp with SEC filings for its offering. Do you think it lacks a board of directors?
  - andrewmcwatters 5y ago
    > (if the term applies) I'm responding to whether the term applies.
- saurik 5y ago
  > For Orchid, while I have no official/ratified title, I am "in charge of technology".
sfoley 5y ago
Wtf is a “blockchain-based VPN”?
- xur17 5y ago
  I think the simplest explanation is that it's a VPN system with a "blockchain based" payment system such that anyone can be a user or a provider without have a central intermediary. I haven't dug into the specifics yet, but that's my high level understanding.

by hbbio 5y ago

aerique 5y ago

A jailbroken iPhone 3GS is the phone I've had the longest (nearing 5 years I think) and it was a joy to use, so thanks saurik and enjoy the bounty!

andrewmcwatters 5y ago

CXO titles in organizations do not exist without a board of directors. Businesses otherwise simply have members, managers, employees, contractors or vendors, or volunteers. You can pretend you're a CEO/CTO, but if you answer to no board, you're not.

CRConrad 5y ago
> Businesses otherwise simply have members, managers, employees, contractors or vendors, or volunteers. Clubs have members; businesses have employees. I think I'll take my lessons on business terminology from someone else, if it's all the same to you.
- andrewmcwatters 5y ago
  > Owners of an LLC are called members. Most states do not restrict ownership, so members may include individuals, corporations, other LLCs and foreign entities. There is no maximum number of members. Most states also permit “single-member” LLCs, those having only one owner.[1] [1]: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/limited-liability-company-llc https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    TIL, thanks. I would have assumed those are called "owners", so thought you meant "members" in the fake sense of employees, as ISTR some large American corporates (Walmart, Amazon?) using it. Though I notice now that you actually mentioned employees, too, explicitly; I must have totally missed that.
cowsandmilk 5y ago
Orchid is a Delaware C corp with SEC filings for its offering. Do you think it lacks a board of directors?
- andrewmcwatters 5y ago
  > (if the term applies) I'm responding to whether the term applies.
saurik 5y ago
> For Orchid, while I have no official/ratified title, I am "in charge of technology".

sfoley 5y ago

Wtf is a “blockchain-based VPN”?

xur17 5y ago
I think the simplest explanation is that it's a VPN system with a "blockchain based" payment system such that anyone can be a user or a provider without have a central intermediary. I haven't dug into the specifics yet, but that's my high level understanding.