Comment by avarun

Comment by avarun 10 months ago

8 replies

And what, you’re going to find them a new CTO? What kind of magical world do you live in where problems are solved by leaders resigning, instead of stepping up and taking accountability?

smt88 10 months ago

Taking accountability can and should include admitting you're the wrong person for the job and resigning.

  • radicaldreamer 10 months ago

    CTO is simply a title, the proper response here would be to hire a head of security and build it into the culture from the ground up.

    I'm looking at all of the Arc Max features which probably need to be architected correctly to be secure/privacy-preserving.

    They could take a lot of inspiration from iCloud Private Relay and iOS security architectures in addition to really understanding the Chrome security model.

    • kiddingright 10 months ago

      If the devs didn't take security seriously before, why would another node in the communication graph change anything?

      • knowitnone 10 months ago

        because sometimes it's a deadline pushed by management so a change could result in allow more time for design, programming, review, or even full time security personnel. Nobody writes the best most secure software under deadline

        • cutemonster 10 months ago

          Yes, the right person maybe can change the culture in the company (plus contribute lots of technical skills)

strunz 10 months ago

What kind of accountability is it when there's no personal consequences?

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yas_hmaheshwari 10 months ago

Yeah, I also think that asking someone to resign for this does not look like a proportionate response

They are owning up to their mistakes and making sure such things don't happen again (and increasing the amount from 2K :-)) seems like the right approach to me