## Colophon date: title:: Twitter’s Former Security Boss Drops Stunning Whistleblower Report type:: [[literature-note]] tags:: url:: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/23/twitters-former-security-boss-drops-stunning-whistleblower-report/ status:: [[bean]] ## Notes > It’s likely that nearly all big tech companies are somehow violating their consent decree, in part because security is fucking hard and some of the elements of the consent decree are probably close to impossible to comply with. But still… it’s not great. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/VtsIdCOeEe2A1TcUZPbJpg/www.techdirt.com/2022/08/23/twitters-former-security-boss-drops-stunning-whistleblower-report/) - Annotation: Security is hard.> In Facebook’s case, you’ll recall, the giant $5 billion fine in 2019 was really about violating its earlier consent decree. The press mostly claimed it was about Cambridge Analytica, but if you read the actual details, that was only a sideshow, and the fine was really for violating the earlier consent decree. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/Z4euyiOeEe2OUNtHEqH4fA/www.techdirt.com/2022/08/23/twitters-former-security-boss-drops-stunning-whistleblower-report/) - Annotation: Did not know this.