@Stake fires Geer over Negative Microsoft Report

Remember the CyberInsecurity report I talked about yesterday? It seems Geer (one of the authors) was fired from @Stake for writing it.

@Stake's comments: - "The values and opinions of the report are not in line with @Stake's views" explaining Geer's termination are concerning for a company that claims "we must not be afraid to take things apart, understand how they work, and share that information with the world."

This is sad. When a member of a security research company is not allowed to speak the truth in an effort to diagnose where problems are, and provide good solutions to solve these same problems, we a society have lost in this battle.

@Stake is a business, and they want to protect themselves. I can understand and respect that. But to be fired for publishing controversial research that is the TRUTH shows that a researcher's job security is at odds with professional ethics and their research standards.

This is just wrong. *sigh* I think Schneier summed it up best when he says:

"There is a huge chilling effect based on Microsoft's monopoly position. It's unfortunate that AtStake put its private agenda ahead of intellectual integrity."