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Pen testing high heels
- jmnicolas 11y agoI would have seen her in a James Bond movie I would have thought "yeah right, IRL nobody in IT is like that". <goes back to his all male team>
- laumars 11y agoI'm in two minds about her approach. One the one hand I feel it cheapens the image of female hackers. But on the other hand I want to congratulate her for exploiting a stereotype to her advantage. It's just a pity that the tech industry as a bias to begin with. :(
- RachelF 11y agoYes, it is a bit sexist. However, in reality, people are sexist and most IT or security people are male, so she could distract some of them. Using distraction and misdirection is a useful tool, something male hackers would find harder - all the more reason to add more diversity to your pen testing team.
- DanBC 11y ago"Computers in shoes" has a history. People might be interested in "The Newtonian Casino" / "The Eudaemonic Pie" - the true story of a bunch of hackers built a computer in a shoe to predict where a roulette ball would land. In early 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eudaemonic_Pie
- RachelF 11y agoThanks for that link - very interesting!
- keshet 11y agoHN is now officially reddit
- karmakaze 11y agoAh, this is the same LED skirt techie--I thought there was another on HN. Good on ya!