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The very large boast from https://danodowd.com https://danodowd.com tells me he is either a joke or detached from modern security: I designed and wrote th
by 1970-01-01 5y ago
The very large boast from https://danodowd.com https://danodowd.com tells me he is either a joke or detached from modern security:
I designed and wrote the core security system for our nuclear forces, military and commercial aircraft, Top Secret encryptors, laptops for FBI field agents, and military cellphones and radios. This software has been certified by the NSA to Common Criteria EAL6+, a higher level of security certification than achieved by any other software. Has your security “expert” ever designed and written the security software for a system that never fails and can’t be hacked? Or, do they claim that no one can write software that never fails and can’t be hacked? I do it every day.
- sabertoothed 5y agoHis website makes him look like a narcissist.
- runnerup 5y agoVery few people who run for government are not narcissists.
- Zaheer 5y agoSome gems from his FAQ: > If you have been able to produce software that never fails and can’t be hacked for the last 25 years why aren’t you a billionaire? > I am a billionaire, but my software has been mainly used by the military, and I have kept a low profile until now. https://dawnproject.com/about-our-founder/ https://dawnproject.com/about-our-founder/
- daenz 5y agoTo be fair, CVs, resumes, interviews are where you're supposed to promote yourself without reserve.
- sabertoothed 5y agoYeah, but statements like this one really make me cringe: "I can find every bug in any program I write" (from: https://danodowd.com/ https://danodowd.com/). No, you cannot. Unless you define bug as something syntactical.
- rich_sasha 5y agoMaybe he only writes #!python pritn(“Hello world”) nowadays? I reckon I can spot all the bugs in there, and I wrote it too.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoLooking more at his website, he worked his whole life in a pretty narrow scope - military RTOS systems, and he extrapolates his experience on everything. This happens relatively often for an experts in a one field. They extrapolate and make foolish statements on a entirely different field. Vaccine science is a very good example...
- dheera 5y agoHis photo on the article looks pretty narcissistic too.
- hiyer 5y agoA personal website is like a resume. You're supposed to blow your own trumpet there.
- yissp 5y agoFirst thought was https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/navy-seal-copypasta https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/navy-seal-copypasta
- slg 5y ago>Work History... >1977: Designed and wrote Mattel Electronic Football software >The must have Christmas toy of 1977 Never mind my previous criticism, this guy has earned my vote.
- djmips 5y agoHe's not on the patent and the author of the shipping game was Mark Lesser. https://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_mark_lesser.html https://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_mark... Patent https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1b/46/29/d3532d0e0b1704/US4162792.pdf https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/1b/46/29/d3532d0...
- djmips 5y agoAnd the source code from the patent was tracked down by Sean Riddle and he found 'George J. Klose' on the printout who was one of the patent authors. Despite this, I suppose it's possible that Mr O'Dowd did code the 6502 prototype and wasn't given credit in the patent. https://seanriddle.com/footballproto.html https://seanriddle.com/footballproto.html
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