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> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErcFo5tXAAAa0KP?format=jpg&name=...

I'm not following, what does this provide in support of the discussion? What context does this provide other than a picture and username? If the notion is of this person being lower or lesser because they worked for parler, then you aren't seeing the forest through the trees.

Plenty of engineers make mistakes, many are just as ego centric. Go to Defcon, talk to all the expert "hackers" I guarantee 95% of the people there make common mistakes, we all do.



> If the notion is of this person being lower or lesser because they worked for parler

No. I support free speech. But I for one wouldn't trust someone with my security who approaches his jobs like a "cowboy hacker". Infosec is hard and needs to be taken seriously. Only the paranoid survive.


I agree in not using the language as this gentlemen did, but sadly more and more people use it. I also abhor "infosec rockstar" and "Rockstar Developer" etc.




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