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I made the mistake of writing content that was too entertaining to a certain type of guy. It got to the top of Hacker News, so it started spreading among misogynists, transphobes, and racists, who are the audience of Hacker News.

I learned that an even worse site than Hacker News was making a thread about me as a result.

Sorry! I think the post was a lot of fun, too. But so did creeps. I'm done providing this content to creeps.

The comments, of course, are about what the post used to say, and they're from perfectly fine cohost users who appreciated the post for what it was before the techbro invasion.

#security

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signal eleven @widr1/19/2023, 3:19 AM

lol yes! i posted about this when it was still new and i gotta say just reading through the email thread on its own is one for the books

signal eleven @widr1/19/2023, 3:27 AM

catching up since then, lmao

There are also still numerous questions and concerns about the certification/ability of your auditor, especially in light of them being removed from a list of auditors.

...and rachel trustcor's parting shot complete with a "yeah multiple root authorities are state actors, but we're not gonna tell you who, do your own research 🖕"

ꙮ tatybara ꙮ @tati1/19/2023, 5:44 AM

can't believe this was compelling enough to read... love the subdued contempt, its a real mood

Another factor I’ll offer is that even if a company (unlike us) is really owned by a defense contractor or government, it doesn’t mean they’re bad or that they’d misbehave.

very non-suspicious thing to say lol

Natalie @nex31/19/2023, 10:26 AM

what blew me away is that the entire reason anyone was talking about government ownership in the first place was because she brought it up as an example of bad actors who were more important to target than TrustCor! "Why are you picking on us when there are those big mean government CAs?" "Which government CAs?" "How dare you ask that! There's nothing wrong with government CAs!"

ꙮ tatybara ꙮ @tati1/19/2023, 4:22 PM

Accusing others of what you've done is a common way to shift attention elsewhere lol.

"Who the fuck just farted?! Come clean!!" Said the person who just farted.

Keiya the Cyber-Kitty @keiya1/19/2023, 11:24 AM

"huh, these people think we're acting kinda shady. let's act like slimey weasels except actually weasels are kinda cute and we're not" is sure... a way to react.

Irenes (many)@ireneista1/19/2023, 10:18 PM

solid conclusion. we agree fully.

Turfster @Turfster1/20/2023, 12:11 AM

Having read this, it's incredibly fitting that when you google, the first hit is their website, which proudly proclaims "TrustCor is globally trusted for internet security and compliance"

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