I hate that the headline is putting it as a foregone conclusion.
Instead of something along the lines of: Will the government allow this massive theft of intellectual property of average Australians?
I hate that the headline is putting it as a foregone conclusion.
Instead of something along the lines of: Will the government allow this massive theft of intellectual property of average Australians?
They don’t know what you are talking about my fellow Aussie. Any A in an acronym means “American” to the USAns. That other countries exist that start with A is unfathomable.
Perhaps this was written much earlier than v5.
I think he has somehow managed to leave the CEO of SpaceX alone to do her thing - or likely she has managed him also as she seems incredibly competent.
Of course it’s possible. But after that devastating Gamers Nexus debacle, Linus being actively dismissing of peoples concerns until it became a public issue, the multiple employees saying they were worked off their feet unable to do their job properly, and generally being a toxic environment… this firm gives it a perfectly clean bill of health - that’s not likely.
There’s a difference in stakes and impact and intent: the client firm is actively interested in finding security holes and the outcome of a negative security report does not (usually) directly affect the continuing operations of the business or impact on the personal reputations of the business owners their ability to conduct business, or how moral they’re perceived by society.
A negative report here would be a devastating blow on Linus himself, his business is built around him and relies on audiences trusting him, it would also open up the door for legal action that could result in massive monetary damages and fines.
I’ve had “independent” valuations and audits. I’ve seen how these firms work - and it’s not independent. They obey the people that pay them or they don’t get any work in the future from anyone else “that firm destroyed my business”.
The most suspect aspect of the report is that they found nothing negative, everything was perfect. This on its face doesn’t ring true for any business I’ve ever seen, as well as how they responded to the accusations and how many people came out to accuse them.
See how much an exploit for iPhone vs Android will run you in the open market.
Also how fast a discovered security hole will be patched and distributed to the fleet between the two systems.
Most Android phones will never get a patch, some will get it 6 - 12 months later and very few within the month.
Also one is run by an advertising company.