Thread by @QuinnyPig

Whoa, this article from an @awscloud insider is really something. Thread!

logicmag.io/commons/inside…

It directionally aligns with conversations I've had with a lot of folks internally. And the anonymous Amazonian raises a lot of points that honestly paint AWS in a pretty flattering light.

There are some problems with it, and there's basically zero chance they didn't unmask themselves. How many @awscloud cybersecurity folks use Sioux Falls as their shorthand for "Bumfuck, Nowhere," and turns of phrase like "Companies don't like to have their whole ass be shown?"

This is just patently false. Former Googler David Drummond had at least *TWO* families!

Wholeheartedly agree with this point. The "shared responsibility model" is a very careful corporate song and dance around the real truth of "if you get breached on @awscloud it's because *YOU* fucked up."

The idea of an AWS rep selling the security benefits of the cloud like this gives people apoplexy, but it's absolutely correct. Most data center security postures are dogshit.

("You'll save money" is of course an aspirational lie in practice, but that's okay.)

I didn't realize the Snowmobile (trailer full of drives for data migration) came with an armed guard. That's pure security theater. Data's encrypted on the trucks, what the hell kind of Road Pirate are they expecting to pull a heist?

While this is a funny line, it's incredibly dismissive of the entire entertainment sector as a whole. Do not agree.

This is actively terrifying.

The fact that Snowmobiles are import-only, not export capable is crappy. And it makes this section of the @awscloud product page actively misleading:

In all, my take from this is "AWS does mostly good things, the Amazon corporate parent is scary as hell." It's a good read.