Let us not forget that this is a highly visible position within the company. Very traceable. In smaller companies I've even seen the picture of this staff member position on the "about us" link (though I don't think yahoo would have that)
Perhaps this is just not an attempt to troll *us*, but to slander the current VP of security? Adam Chesnutt On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Randal T. Rioux <ra...@procyonlabs.com>wrote: > Decent attempt at trolling. Some beginner mistakes, but the message was > relayed as intended (I'm sure). Comments inline. > > On Fri, February 19, 2010 6:45 pm, John Q Public wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > > > Greetings. > > > > I've been holding this one back for a while. It's been eating at my skin. > > > > I was just an intern at the time, but I'd get the mail, copy the text, > > delete his mail, and send the mail to my supervisor, authored by me. > > Clarify the type of mail - it adds texture to the troll. > > > I still remember the friendships I made at Yahoo. The cute girlfriends I > > have and how it changed my life. I remember I was just some office kid > > opening up emails in outlook 2000. But I risen to be so much more. This > > mysterious person helped me do it. > > Perhaps some reflection on the type of assistance? Also, Yahoo! employees > do not have cute girlfriends. > > > Eventually, I was promoted up Vice President of Security at Yahoo! and > > made nearly six figures a year. > > The salary figure is off. Take into consideration the role, size of > organization and geographical location. Then again, the "experience" you > detailed would possibly justify this low figure. > > > This is what I did. And I told no one. All I know is there is a kid whose > > advice I took credit for and he is the key factor for my success in life. > > > > I live in a $500k condo in Mountain View. Wife, 2 kids, and a Lexus (2009 > > Hybrid, Italian leather seats, TV in backseat for the kids). > > That amount in Mountain View would get you 20x20 in someone's basement. > Also, they don't make seats with the skin of Italian people. Some ethical > thing. > > > I just wanted to let you know that the security tips helped. I feel > > pretty guilty for flat out taking credit for all his work though. I just > > had to get it off my chest. > > > > Thank you so much, if you read this list. You've touched my life. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Note: This signature can be > > verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify Version: Hush 3.0 > > Hmm. Must be legit. It's signed! > > Okay, break time is over. Back to code monkeying. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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