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0 pointsthrowaway36995y ago0 comments

Basic security practices like 2FA and not using VPNs/trusting the network would be a great start. There is no excuse for private business like Facebook and Google being more secure than the f*@& United States of America.

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chrisco2555y ago· 2 in thread

Well, FB, Google, et al. have sucked up all the talent.

slongfield5y ago

The NSA and CIA pay less than half of what a FAANG company pays for the same role.

Sources: FAANG: Levels.fyi and personal experience

NSA/CIA: https://work.chron.com/nsa-pay-scale-16399.html and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...

chrisco2555y ago

For sure, and worse because there's no stock grants that subsequently go up several times in value after distribution. I get that it's a compensation problem as well as a supply problem: software engineering talent is hard to come by and world class software security talent is even harder to come by.

slenk5y ago

Well, to be fair, the government doesn't control the pipeline...

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