This further surprised Mr. Baig, as WhatsApp, which is known for its strong security brand externally, had such a small security team of just 6 engineers, and they were all only working on this tiny aspect of application security. All the other teams in WhatsApp were well staffed. The engineering team had about 1200 engineers. In addition, there were about 100 product managers, about 100 product designers, nearly 200 data scientists, etc. WhatsApp overall had about 3000 employees.
“Are we going to be in the same situation as Mudge at Twitter?”
WhatsApp is way beyond just texting and calling, it is basically global infrastructure now, used daily by governments, NGOs, and billions. This is not a startup screw-up, it's a public utility gone seriously messed up. Heads need to roll. Stop playing god. Secure the platform or step aside.
from here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71293063/baig-v-meta-pl...
WhatsApp is way beyond just texting and calling, it is basically global infrastructure now, used daily by governments, NGOs, and billions. This is not a startup screw-up, it's a public utility gone seriously messed up. Heads need to roll. Stop playing god. Secure the platform or step aside.