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   silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 22:20:18 JST silverwizard

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   • J. R. DePriest :verified_trans: :donor: :Moopsy: :EA DATA. SF:
   @jrdepriest @gingerjet @daedalus I think this is core to the militarization side. A lot of what we term infosec was funded by the military, and a lot of stuff is now funded by cops.
   
   There's still hackers, lots of hackers, but they don't typically get into cons these days, because cons need money. Further ruining our industry.
   
   Part of this is that corporations like cops and we infinitely fund cops and military.
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     J. R. DePriest :verified_trans: :donor: :Moopsy: :EA DATA. SF: (jrdepriest@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 22:20:20 JST J. R. DePriest :verified_trans: :donor: :Moopsy: :EA DATA. SF:

     @gingerjet @daedalus
     I disagree about #InfoSec being right-wing or authoritarian.
     Corporate InfoSec? Maybe, but that's just the nature of being a money making enterprise, doubly so if you are publicly traded.
     There are any number of "information should be free" old school hackers still out there hammering on open source projects. Granted they are a dying breed because this sort of thing doesn't pay the bills.
     There are also those who see #InfoSec as a way into #CyberCrime and easy money.

     I'd be really interested to see a true breakdown of who is working in this field, how they got here, and what they want to get out of it.