I’ll never forget the guy. ~3 years ago I saw an awesome DefCon talk, I was even more impressed than usual at the presenter’s intelligence and resourcefulness. Chatted with him after, followed him on Mastodon.
… where he started posting activist stuff that I politically agree with, but was demonstrably misinformation (which, remember, Russia/Iran/etc love to firehose at all sides)
I posted some objective debunks, expressed solidarity with the end goals but pointed out that these specific allegations were untrue and the suggested protest would possibly further the playbook of authoritarian observers.
Ofc he called me a delusional moron, and blocked me
I wonder how many Defcon presenters may be in those files, and why?
Eta not specifically released files, I mean
I’ll never forget the guy. ~3 years ago I saw an awesome DefCon talk, I was even more impressed than usual at the presenter’s intelligence and resourcefulness. Chatted with him after, followed him on Mastodon.
… where he started posting activist stuff that I politically agree with, but was demonstrably misinformation (which, remember, Russia/Iran/etc love to firehose at all sides)
I posted some objective debunks, expressed solidarity with the end goals but pointed out that these specific allegations were untrue and the suggested protest would possibly further the playbook of authoritarian observers.
Ofc he called me a delusional moron, and blocked me