Founder & CEO at TerraTrue. Ex-CSO at Snap, Ex-Google. Passionate about security & privacy. My thoughts are my own.
San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2008
- Tweets1.2K
- Following938
- Followers1.1K
- Likes9.8K
Jad Boutros retweeted
Nous nous excusons d'avance si nous sortons de notre registre habituel, factuel et direct, en laissant transparaître nos sentiments.
Ce sont nos grands-parents, nos oncles et tantes, nos cousins et cousines, nos amis qui sont massacrés aujourd'hui au Liban.
Jad Boutros retweeted
The conflict in the Middle East has gone too far.
My message to the US & Israel is that it’s high time to end the war – as human suffering deepens, civilian casualties mount & the global economic impact is increasingly devastating.
My message to Iran is to stop attacking their neighbors that are not parties to the conflict.
Jad Boutros retweeted
One of the most heartbreaking examples of nonverbal communication to emerge from Iran.
I cannot call this a mere propaganda piece. It is the unbearable truth, laid bare through the profound art of cinematography and animation.
Jad Boutros retweeted
Unpopular Opinion: We aren't building the future 10x faster with AI. We are just generating legacy code 10x faster.
Everyone is currently bragging about developer velocity. "I built this entire backend in a weekend!" "AI wrote 80% of my codebase!"
But here is the reality check we are ignoring: Code is a liability, not an asset.
If an AI tool spits out 1,000 lines of functional boilerplate in five seconds, that is still 1,000 lines that a human being has to read, review, secure, and maintain when the dependencies inevitably break next year.
We are treating code generation like a pure productivity win, but we are optimizing for the wrong metric. The bottleneck in software engineering was never how fast we could type. The bottleneck has always been comprehension, architecture, and maintenance.
If we don't shift our focus from "generation speed" to "architectural sanity," the tech debt of the next five years is going to be an absolute, unmaintainable nightmare.
Jad Boutros retweeted
I always love me a solid chat with @wbm312. Hope you enjoy this new episode as you hustle to unwind!
hey, THANK YOU for your loyal listens this year. i see you!
And to every *baller* who came on the show this year: I have a healthy obsession with you.
See you in 2024😘
A little pre-holiday gift for your ear lobes!
Here's a fantastic chat with @privacypen Angelique Carson and @wbm312 on everything from AI to Section 702 to understanding your own tech so you can be effective at your gig.
ow.ly/Q6ua50QkkOr
Jad Boutros retweeted
Check out this fireside chat with @lyft's Brittany Rhyne and @privacypen on how Brittany built Lyft's privacy program to integrate with product & eng, keep up with the biz, and the metrics she uses to prove she's crushing it.
ow.ly/sVzB50OU0Cp
Jad Boutros retweeted
Fears about the economy and earnings have hit many orgs -- and the privacy department -- hard. But you've got to run the same program at the same pace or faster, regardless.
Here are some strategies to help you cope with reality in these hard times.
ow.ly/1S2T50N7CVC
Jad Boutros retweeted
Hot update to Boneh & Shoup’s “Graduate Course in Applied Crypto” just dropped: toc.cryptobook.us/
Jad Boutros retweeted
Old and new laws are getting more stringent on vetting third-party vendors. But privacy & security can leverage shared needs to crush third-party vendor reviews. Check out this quick-hit blog for answers to 10 common questions.
ow.ly/vfwF50LGfa1
Jad Boutros retweeted
Join us tomorrow at 11 am Eastern for this chat with @privacypen l, @Grindr’s Ron De Jesus and @AvePoint’s Dana Simberkoff. Because privacy and security can work together like besties + we wanna talk about it!
Join the IAPP and @TerraTrueHQ for "Three Ways Privacy and Security Can Crush Third-Party Reviews – as Friends," a free webcon airing October 18, 2022. Register: ow.ly/eAPl50L4R4l
Jad Boutros retweeted
How many of us, as privacy pros, have felt caught on our heels because we didn't have visibility into a feature or product until it was too late?
We're calling for privacy to Shift Left to the pre-deployment phase of a build, and we want you to learn how
bit.ly/3xiQa20
Jad Boutros retweeted
I applaud the people brave enough to leave the Trump administration now. It takes courage.
After airline flights, I too have been known to unbuckle my seatbelt moments before the aircraft has "come to a complete stop," so I have experienced this level of courage first hand.
Jad Boutros retweeted
Trump’s message to America: "Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life.”
Full coverage: on.cc.com/2GDixRJ
Jad Boutros retweeted
Here's why all of your San Francisco friends are talking about it looking like the end of times this morning. Two drone shots.
Jad Boutros retweeted
Les mots de l'écrivaine libanaise Hyam Yared, recueillis aujourd'hui par le quotidien Le Monde.
Jad Boutros retweeted
I came to the US on an h1b visa. I’d like to think I’ve been a net positive for the country.
RT if you or a family member are also an immigrant who has been net positive for the US
Jad Boutros retweeted
TL;DR: Security folks - consider using allow/denylist instead of white/blacklist, and just allow/deny when a verb or in the UI.
Read on for more observations...
Jad Boutros retweeted
Tink 1.4.0-rc2 is here with Python support
github.com/google/tink/relea…
What started as a 20% project now has become the crypto API at Google, with a dedicated team of cryptographers and engineers improving it every day
