Facebook security chief denies reports he's leaving company

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

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Facebook's chief information security officer is denying a Monday report that he's leaving the company over its handling of disinformation during the 2016 election.

Alex Stamos said on Twitter that contrary to "rumors" he's "still fully engaged" at Facebook.



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[C_U_L8R]

1. Oh the irony

Hoisted by fake news ?

[dalton99a]

2. Hey chief, fix that fake news leak about yourself

[ancianita]

3. The appearance of not reviewing TOS is easily construed to be "exploring security risks."

That is what my experience with 'reports' to FB admins has shown me.

Stamos just didn't read -- as most of us couldn't -- persistent trolling that changed political events.

[erronis]

4. Hard to believe - fb had someone who gave a fuck about security

I thought it was all about monetizing the "customers". I bet as someone who was really concerned about security that schmuck that runs the show would have hauled your ass out the door quickly.

First rule of trusting your privates in the internet: caveat emptor.

[erronis]

5. There will be a lot more, but this is an interesting article from the WaPo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/facebooks-rules-for-accessing-user-data-lured-more-than-just-cambridge-analytica/2018/03/19/31f6979c-658e-43d6-a71f-afdd8bf1308b_story.html

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in 2007 invited outside developers to build their businesses off Facebook’s data, giving them ready access to the friend lists, “likes” and affinities that connect millions of Facebook users. Practically any engineer who could persuade a Facebook user to download an app or to sign into a website using Facebook’s popular “log-in through Facebook” feature would have been able to access not only the profile, behavior and location of that Facebook user but also that of all the user’s Facebook friends, developers said.

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[olddad56]

7. fuck facebook

Just Fuck Facebook, treasonous motherfuckers

[Nitram]

8. Sounds to me like he's leaving the company. Or being pushed out the door.