Become a saint to nerds after taking on a company that wont let you do what you want with products you've paid for<p>...<p>ends up at a company that in no human decipherable terms owns your social identity.<p>...<p><i>Who woulda thunk</i><p>edit: I think it's worth mentioning, I'm not decrying either he or facebook for their acquisition of talent, it's just an unexpected maneuver. Kind of like a physicist suddenly leaving his craft for the pulpit. Perfectly fine if he wants to do that...just sort of an "oh, that was unexpected".
He sits in front of me. I'm surprised the news didn't leak out sooner. He's a cool dude. I don't see any of the perceived threats hinted in the comments.
In case you haven't seen it, here's an awesome story on how FB hired Chris Putnam:
<a href="http://www.quora.com/How-did-Chris-Putnam-get-hired-at-Facebook" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/How-did-Chris-Putnam-get-hired-at-Faceb...</a><p>He hacked Facebook in 2005 and they hired him. From what I've heard he was one of their most invaluable engineers.
Lol!<p>AIUI, Geohot is basically forbidden from working with anything Sony.<p>So to the extent he becomes an essential part of the security team at Facebook, I guess Sony just lawsuited their way out of deep partnership opportunities with the biggest social media platform to date.