Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors
by ehsankia on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @07:24PM
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> Ad revenue is growing slower than in the past.
It's also a second degree derivative, which is inherently noisy. A single data point isn't enough to show a trend.
> Security is stupendously hard.
It also wasn't a breach. Breach implies it was exploited. They actually found the bug and fixed it, and there was as far as they could there no signs that it was abused.
Google has some of the best security security researchers out there. Look at Project Zero, they've found the majority of the largest zero days in the past few years.
Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors
by yeahitslikethat on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:21PM
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> there was as far as they could there no signs that it was abused
As would be expected from the class of hackers that would be able to exploit it.
Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors
by UncleMeat on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:37PM
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It was an unintentionally exposed API. You didn't need to be an expert.
Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors
by scarface74 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @07:51PM
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Well let’s look at the more important number that is down. Net income is down year over year as are margins.
https://9to5google.com/2019/04/29/alphabet-q1-2019-earnings/
Ad revenue is not down. Ad revenue is growing slower than in the past.
> How can you have a large scale security breach with a brutal tech hiring process, sky high salaries and a whitepaper-producing workforce?
Security is stupendously hard. It is also not a stable state. Software engineering as a discipline does not have methods of turning dollars into security with confidence. There is no company on the planet that avoids getting pwned.