Cupertino comings and goings: Apple hires iOS security specialist, while two names leave the company

Another day, another series of hires and casualties in Cupertino that gives us a small, but valuable look at Apple's work dynamics.

The most important news of the day comes from the security area: Ma has hired Jonathan Zdziarski, one of the most celebrated names in the iOS security industry. The forensic consultant and researcher was one of the most important names at the time of Apple's dispute with the FBI, offering Ma valuable assistance in some of the legal battles; he was also quoted by us here when he detected a security breach in WhatsApp and iMessage.

Zdziarski holds a position in Apple in the area of ​​Security Engineering and, with the hiring, his discoveries and his comments relevant to the world of technology, published periodically, should cease even his Twitter has already been disabled, which is still slightly regrettable. He himself announced the hiring on his personal blog:

I am happy to announce that I have accepted a position on the Apple Security Architecture and Engineering team, and I am very excited about the prospect of working with a group of like-minded individuals, based on a passion for protecting the security and privacy of consumers. others.

As Zdsiarski arrives, other important people pack up and leave Cupertino. One of them Joseph Huang, which arrived Apple four years ago when the company bought the WiFiSLAM, startup dedicated location technology indoor founded by itself.

In 1 Infinite Loop, Huang cooperated with the geolocation teams and continued his work that was already developed at WiFiSLAM, although it is not clear to what extent the technologies developed by the company were incorporated into Ma's products. Now, Huang is leaving the Apple to command the StartX, accelerator company startups with which he already had relationships while still a Cupertino contractor, serving as a mentor and advisor.

Another low recorded recently was that of Donna Ogier, executive who managed the partnerships of Apple News with the media vehicles published in the service. Ogier is now a contractor for Snap, Inc. (the company that owns Snapchat), where she plays a role similar to what she had at Apple: she heads the seo Discover of the platform, arranging partnerships with several publications in the digital world to increase the content offer within Snapchat, which already has contracts with giants such as ESPN and BuzzFeed.

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In a related note, seven members of Apple's board of directors recently received a large bonus in the form of a restricted stock package as part of the Director's Stock Plan originally established in 1997.

Arthur D. Levinson, Robert Iger, James Bell, Al Gore, Andrea Jung, Ronald Sugar and Susan Wagner each received 1,852 units of restricted steel, worth approximately $ 253,600 (~ R $ 800,000). The grant was detected from the analysis of the most recent reports published by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and should keep the board of directors collaborating with the most perfect Cupertino order for some time.

(via 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Recode)