Mastodawn

Jan 14, 2024

So a vendor chose to advertise their upcoming conference at Shmoo. 2024 and we still have all white male speaker pools for these events. WIATF?? Then their COO weighed in exactly as I predicted they would without any sense of irony at all. So here's a link to the full thread of my detailed response.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1746597556019196379.html

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@AlyssaM_InfoSec: I've been dwelling on this response from @specterops' @jasonjfrank and whether to respond further. Considering some of the factors you're about to read, you'll see why I chose to take this point by...…

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derekheld Jan 14, 2024

@alyssam_infosec I definitely did not expect them to use the excuse of “only the white men we invited could make it.”

Sounds like they did the absolute minimum of tossing out a couple invites then threw their hands up like well we tried.

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David Fetter

@derekheld @alyssam_infosec no, it sounds more like they figured *saying* they'd done the barest minimum would suffice. Chances are pretty good they did not even do that much.