throw_me_2020

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   by throw_me_2020 6y ago

   If WA did things like silently degrading/removing E2EE, wouldn't it be discoverable by an independent security researcher? WA seems large enough that the security community would put in that effort periodically.
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   by throw_me_2020 6y ago

   That seems like something you could build. There's a handful of YC companies working on that. I don't think FANG companies are likely early adopters of that. They are all relatively conservative with hiring. Navigating the organiz
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   by throw_me_2020 6y ago

   Deletion is very much a technical/organizational challenge. Imagine some engineer writing some feature you've never heard of and they decide they need data in a different format. They write a job to do this. Now imagine that job s
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   by throw_me_2020 7y ago

   Knowing more or specific technologies isn't what makes someone a good engineer. Practice identifying problems, taking full ownership of them and fully thinking through and delivering solutions. This is way easier if you find a problem