Mastodawn

[redacted]Apr 5, 2017

@PrincessOfCats You know what they say about haters, though...

I really enjoyed the tips & challenges you posted here so far. I'm a decent coder and reverser, but suck at exploits, so now there's a few more cloned repos and PDFs on this box to tackle :)

@redacted they're not haters. I think it was a bad idea because now infosec flooded over here and brought their bullshit capitalism with them.

I don't want to contribute to that at all.

@PrincessOfCats @redacted there are many reasons I generally don't bother with cons (exceptions include Nuit du Hack and CCC)

[redacted]Apr 5, 2017

@Unprovable @PrincessOfCats Ah, that's what you mean. Sadly, I think it was only a matter of time. If Mastodon gets more popular, more corporate drivel will follow too; if it doesn't, I think it'd become "undead" like Ello or die like App.net after a while.

I've always liked the BSides cons (including BerlinSides & PXE), there's usually more technical content, personal conversations and less noise. But as a slight introvert, I'm predisposed to "family gatherings" over huge events anyway.

. @redacted @Unprovable it is not inevitable as long as we shun that bs. A company here is hurting its image not helping it. If an #infosec company follows you, block that shit immediately and tell them to leave.

This is not a marketing tool.

@PrincessOfCats @redacted fully agree. If they want in, they can run a corp instance.

@redacted @PrincessOfCats Hmm... actually, this might be a bad thing RE the federated timelines. We may need a 'for profit' flag somewhere...

@Unprovable @redacted and we can auto unfederate all of them straight to hell!!

@redacted @PrincessOfCats it's why I moved to become a mathematician and dropped being a tester in favour of doing sec research. (I'm quite lucky that I can do both full time)

The only downside with having maths as a passion is that I make jokes that only about 20 people will get. But when they do they're *Hilarious* :P

[redacted]Apr 5, 2017

@Unprovable Hehe, I get you. Most of my future teammates are mathematicians and even though academic research centers are full of nerds and geeks, we still don't always speak the same language.

But that's a good thing imho. They have the pure solutions, I have the applied problems. As soon as we're on the same page, that's a great combination.

@redacted haha - they speak for themselves! I want memetic immortality, dammit!

Krinn DNZ Apr 5, 2017

@PrincessOfCats picture reminds me: you're still killin' it with the freckles, go you. :D