I feel bad for Walter and people blaming him as the sole responsible party are just part of a mob reaction - is this backdoor bad; yes, QNAP should suffer a financial setback*, but who among us hasn't done something like which then combined with pressure to release from management and (obviously) poor corporate code review and audit practices gone on to 'almost'** release something that shouldn't be.
My point, this isn't on Walter alone, in fact, most of it isn't, it's the software development processes (or lack thereof) that allowed this happen. My guess, Walter will be shown the door, QNAP will be able to say we took action and got rid of Walter but the true issue, the bad process that led to this, is probably still there. Worst, Walter's knowledge of the code base will also be gone.
And no, I'm not Walter if anyone is wondering.
* they won't
**'almost' is in quotes for plausible deniability reasons on my end..
My point, this isn't on Walter alone, in fact, most of it isn't, it's the software development processes (or lack thereof) that allowed this happen. My guess, Walter will be shown the door, QNAP will be able to say we took action and got rid of Walter but the true issue, the bad process that led to this, is probably still there. Worst, Walter's knowledge of the code base will also be gone.
And no, I'm not Walter if anyone is wondering.
* they won't
**'almost' is in quotes for plausible deniability reasons on my end..