Sauron, home security startup, plucks CEO out of Sonos
14 points by ohjeez
by Larrikin
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Was this guy involved in anyway with the rollout of the new Sonos app? Anybody involved in that debacle should be a pariah. They took a nearly universally loved product, broke it, doubled down, and turned the entire company into a product people actively avoid. Sonos products should never be bought new because all the previous customers have to sell at a significant loss because the product still doesn't work right anymore.
As a Sonos owner and former customer the most exciting news I've heard in a long time are the people working on Music Assistant have put out their attempt at a protocol to be a Sonos replacement for all speakers.
by rebolek
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Who names their company Sauron? Are these people totally evil?
by ohjeez
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Overheard: Wouldn't it be interesting if Sauron eventually merged with Ring?
by vslira
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Funny name given that Sauron infamously didn’t prevent a break-in
Btw: isn’t lotr out of copyright in death of author + 50yrs countries? Where’s the legal Chinese movie trilogy?
by skulk
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> Sauron is also appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy. Recent high-profile incidents include a November armed robbery at the home of tech investors Lachy Groom and Joshua Buckley in San Francisco’s Mission District, where $11 million in cryptocurrency was stolen during a 90-minute ordeal involving torture and threats.
I'll never get tired the irony in one of crypto's most lauded design features (private key = money) leading to it being almost impossible to secure from an XKCD 538 style attack. In the crypto-libertarian's mind, the only solution here is to arm yourself and your house to the teeth and constantly look over your shoulder. Never mind the fact that the social contract is being ripped up and cynical actors are concentrating resources and preparing to shut the other half out for good.
by jamesgill
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Wasn’t Sauron defeated by an amateur hacker who defeated the security, found a backdoor and destroyed the power grid?
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