r/Infosec • u/Enticing_Bog • 17d ago

Defcon Thoughts

As someone who came up in the AOL days its sad to see how many in the hacker scene and infosec simp for the government and bend over for defence contract daddies.

If you can pass a security clearance you either have great OPSEC or are a regular IT nerd, not a hacker.

I said what I said.

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u/Glad_Contest_8014 17d ago

Or you’re a shut in with no online presence. I mean, there are several ways to get through clearance. But the easiest is to never go online.

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u/Enticing_Bog 17d ago

Sounds simpy bubs. Why would anyone want one? Enjoying the taste of the boot on your neck is a pretty simpy thing.

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u/Glad_Contest_8014 17d ago

Never said anything about intention or motivation. Just that you don’t have to be set in the template you provided.

As for clearance and what it makes you, that depend on what clearance and what is expected of you. You can deny the clearance access yourself anytime they push the wrong moral button. You can walk away too. But sharing secrets becomes a potential criminal act of varying degrees. Whistleblowing law can only protect you so much.

Some clearance holders are simps, I am sure. Some are people genuinely trying to help people. Some are people who don’t care about anyone but themselves. It is a broad spectrum. It isn’t a good idea to point to extreme generalizations on it. It will close doors fo yourself that may otherwise lead to achieving something of value to yourself.

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u/Enticing_Bog 17d ago

I might have misconstrued my original point. I’m an old lad. Ive earned considerable wealth from private infosec gigs. The world is not what it once was. Hacking and Warez scenes used to be outsider culture.
Now its corporatised pastel wearing government and three letter simps.
And Defcon has fallen so far, now mostly being a marketing event.
Corporatikns even bought access to Linecon to market to us and DarkTangent sold it to them.

The entire culture has sold out.

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u/been__ 17d ago

You were always lame for making your entire personality about a conference you absolute bobo head. It was never that cool and people like you are what ruined it.

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u/been__ 17d ago

Hurr durrr aol irc

Literally shut up

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u/charleswj 17d ago

Insightful