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There's a simpler explanation. He is doing this for profit. I don't buy all the speculation that he approached the SEC out of some professional obligation or si
by melony 4y ago
There's a simpler explanation. He is doing this for profit. I don't buy all the speculation that he approached the SEC out of some professional obligation or simply to spite the Twitter leadership. As a former executive he most likely still holds stock and having the price plunge is not exactly in his interest unless the pay-off from whistleblowing is high enough. Given his high profile, he just burned all bridges career-wise at big tech. The expected whistleblower payout here must be enormous.
- nr2x 4y agoYou don’t understand the value of reputation.
- melony 4y agoI don't think you understand what it means to burn all bridges. He is literally unhireable right now in any corporate context. You are naive if you believe he is doing this out of some hacker ethos.
- zenlf 4y agoYou talk like part of the problem.
- strictnein 4y agoThe idea that he is "unhireable" in the security space because of this is rather amusing.
- nr2x 4y agoIt’s honestly really hilarious. Oh no, a literal God of Security is gonna have to beg for entry level employment.
- melony 4y agoIn the private sector he is not going to find employment any time soon at a major corporation. You can downvote as much as you want but any management who hires whistleblowers deserve to be immediately fired by the board. It's basic corporate governance 101.
- andrewflnr 4y agoYou've not really made an argument that it's a simpler explanation, just listed a bunch of reasons it's unlikely he'll profit from this, topped with pure speculation that he will anyway.
- hermitdev 4y agoI know it's easy being cynical in this day and age, but there are people out there that still operate under a manner of principles. I'd like to think that mudge is one of them.