Facebook Security Director leaves for Coinbase

Gareth Nelson

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Quote from: franky1 on March 19, 2014, 08:34:25 PM

coinbase more secure thanks to FB security guy

coinbase expanding features and uses thanks to amazon director guy

looks like coinbase is heading in a more professional direction, which will giv it much needed cred and trust, since the gox fiasco..

i can see coinbase spearheading the next price rise and expansion of bitcoin services.

Cheesy

hmm bittburger said it better though

boom!

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Quote from: Dissonance on March 19, 2014, 10:42:52 PM

Quote from: westkybitcoins on March 19, 2014, 10:24:37 PM

Quote from: tslfins1 on March 19, 2014, 10:16:59 PM

Looks like he had "a stint at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". Sounds like the right man for the job!

Well THAT sure crushed my initial enthusiasm about this news. Sad

I realize that most people in the forum are naturally suspisious of government and its not necessarily unjustified, however, not every G man is a bad person looking to crush your spirit and wallet. This is big news for bitcoin as security is the biggest issue with mass adoption.

Considering the man has been in the tech industry rather than government or banking for a while, I'm cautiously hopeful that he might actually be able and willing to enhance Coinbase security.

But as he has actually worked for the Fed, it's nowhere close to the almost-certainly positive event that I had thought at first. His background leaves serious room for doubt (it's not at all uncommon for key folks to leave banking, enter other domains and continue to represent the interests of the banking industry, if not their specific former employer. To not consider this a possibility, especially when it comes to Bitcoin, is to ignore that trend.)

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The revolution will be digital

Quote from: CoinRocka on March 19, 2014, 08:21:59 PM

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/19/facebook-security-director-joins-bitcoin-startup-coinbase/

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VCs play crucial role behind these honcho moves....

maurya78

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Great news, we need to suck more great tech talent into the crypto ecosystem

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holly molly!

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lose: unfind ... loose: untight

My experience with facebook security has been rather dismal:

http://metaversemusician.com/blog/hackers-steal-facebook-pages-creator-loses-administrator-rights/

I'm sure it'll be great for Coinbase in pulling in yet more investment. Based upon my personal experience, I don't expect customer service to benefit.

Anybody anywhere feel that facebook gives a crap how secure your account is?

Morbo

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Take it easy, boys and girls.

A Microsoft scum left for Nokia. Then Microsoft bought Nokia after that scum destroyed it.

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now Coinbase needs to focus on launching Litecoin support.

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actually...

"leaving his role at Facebook as its Director of Security Incident Response"

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Quote from: westkybitcoins on March 19, 2014, 10:24:37 PM

Quote from: tslfins1 on March 19, 2014, 10:16:59 PM

Looks like he had "a stint at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". Sounds like the right man for the job!

Well THAT sure crushed my initial enthusiasm about this news. Sad

I realize that most people in the forum are naturally suspisious of government and its not necessarily unjustified, however, not every G man is a bad person looking to crush your spirit and wallet. This is big news for bitcoin as security is the biggest issue with mass adoption.

westkybitcoins

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Quote from: tslfins1 on March 19, 2014, 10:16:59 PM

Looks like he had "a stint at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". Sounds like the right man for the job!

Well THAT sure crushed my initial enthusiasm about this news. Sad

tslfins1

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Looks like he had "a stint at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". Sounds like the right man for the job!

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In other news, Facebook is less secure. Cheesy

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Bullish!

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coinbase more secure thanks to FB security guy

coinbase expanding features and uses thanks to amazon director guy

looks like coinbase is heading in a more professional direction, which will giv it much needed cred and trust, since the gox fiasco..

i can see coinbase spearheading the next price rise and expansion of bitcoin services.

Cheesy

hmm bittburger said it better though

boom!

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Boom!

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http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/19/facebook-security-director-joins-bitcoin-startup-coinbase/

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