@sycophantic @gangrif every techbro who was held back by HR and PR just basically got a green light to be himself, as a corporate policy. At least we can see who people are

@gangrif I can explain briefly, the proton CEO has pretty much publicly come out as a fascist, even posting Nazi related symbols. When I and others have called this out, hackers have rushed to their defense because they like proton.

My people, two of the largest information sharing platforms on Earth now allow full blown hate speech against queer people. Programs that allow disadvantaged people to have a shot are being attacked, billionaires are becoming trillionaires while we struggle to get healthcare. Vigilance.

This is more important than ever, globally. The rise of fascism and nationalism, extreme disinformation, climate change, economic disparity and oligarchy are all becoming normalized politically and socially. It’s very easy to be desensitized and accept the red line being moved further and further.

Oh ok I’m coming back for this: deciding we are on “teams” that are infallible is basest human nature and exactly how we are falling into global nationalism and a ironclad two party system in the US. Call shit out when your friends and coworkers do it. Call your orgs out!

*Walks off shaking my head at the Proton apologists*

Frankly it’s gross, and I’m disappointed in a few of you. I donate to ACLU and EFF and I will absolutely call out their rare policies and statements which harm marginalized people.

(Takes a deep breath)

We obviously need to have a talk about the fact that most hackers are pretty socially liberal and personal liberty driven. That means we typically fall in line on ideals with libertarian and civil liberties organizations and pundits.

It seems that some people are just discovering that occasionally techbro and traditional libertarians push things at those orgs to an extreme that not only do we not support and have to call out, but even the good people working there object to.

You do not need to be a universal apologist for those organizations because they mostly do good stuff. It’s unbecoming. Endorsing very bad stuff and fascist enabling is in fact, super bad. It needs to be resoundingly condemned, immediately.

@DarkAthena “yay the new meta policy is free speech ️”

@Starcross https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/104597/proton-ceo-andy-in-trouble

@Infoseepage I’m sorry but if company CEO is a nazi the company is a nazi

Haven’t heard much from EFF or Proton on their happy applause for anti trans policies.

@sillyCoelophysis you are correct, and unfortunately it is not exaggeration. I keep hearing people outside the US saying, “it can’t be that bad” and I just

FFS, please stop holding your conferences in places legitimately unsafe for a percentage of your members.

Trying to imagine being a few months pregnant and being told I have to go to a conference in a state where they have let women die if they have a complication that may become fatal.

Like, we all know people even in cybersecurity are horrible at threat modeling but we are now talking about real, trauma-causing and life impacting threats that are realistic for short term visitors who are LGBT or pregnant. It’s not just a risk locals face. It’s one Karen reporting or one ER visit.

When Florida can report and arrest trans people for just going to the bathroom, and they can now also forcibly detransition people in prison by refusing their meds and shaving their heads, and the industry is still ️conference at Epcot️!

Any other consultants out there nerd out when you get a company you’re a fan of or nostalgic over? Like, just want to happen to have their product behind you on the video call?

Even I didn’t see this specific eventuality coming out of the Tik Tok ban. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DExunMQyqzx/?igsh=MXgwNmdyNjF5MWpyeA==

Unions, as well as labor, consumer, and antitrust protections have prevented this to some degree in America, but half the voting country is working hard to get rid of all of those things as fast as possible.