In February 2015, at a cybersecurity conference in Washington, Mr. Stamos stood up to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the N.S.A. Within Yahoo’s security team, known as the “Paranoids,” Mr. Stamos was considered an inspiration by many of its young engineers. Mr. Stamos had successfully campaigned for Yahoo to encrypt the data flowing through its data centers. Mr. Stamos proposed that instead of reporting to Facebook’s general counsel, Colin Stretch, he report directly to Facebook’s higher-ups. Mr. Stamos has said his remaining days at Facebook will be spent “exploring emerging risks and working on election security.”

Source: New York Times March 20, 2018 23:37 UTC