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   Lesley Carhart :unverified: (hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 02:58:50 JST Lesley Carhart :unverified:

   One thing that really sucks about me leaving Twitter/X and losing so much of my audience and reach is that I can watch in real time the people who my generation and older in infosec all knew were abusers, harassers, and generally really dangerous people being forgotten as such, and our warnings not being passed on to the younger generation.

   Those same bad dudes are absolutely noticing they're in the clear, and coming right back into the conference, X, and education spaces where they can victimize young people, especially young women. They have the age, the money, and the power to do it. It really blows.

   I'm sure it's exactly what Elon wanted.

   #cybersecurity #infosec

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     xinit ☕ (xinit@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 03:11:24 JST xinit ☕

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     @hacks4pancakes maybe just being on X will be enough to discredit infosec people in the future?

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     Lesley Carhart :unverified: (hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 03:12:57 JST Lesley Carhart :unverified:

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     A lot of very meaningful questions and comments. I know a few have been, “well why can’t you just list all their names”

     They will sue me for defamation. Even if I hold direct evidence from victims, they will take me to court to deanonymize those victims and make it an unbearable financial burden. I already get regular death threats and my family and workplace get horrendous messages about me just because I’ve spoken up in the past in defense of their victims, who I believe. It’s a very tricky situation and why back channels were always so important.

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     Саша Морс, here we go again... (alexmorse@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Sep-2024 03:13:17 JST Саша Морс, here we go again...

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     @hacks4pancakes I don't want to be that cynical, but yeah...

     I think replatforming scum, giving a safe space to people like him, was the whole point of elon buying twitter.