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I really wish people would stop calling Goatse Security "white hat hackers." As an information security professional, it irks me to think that this is how peopl
by david_shaw 16y ago
I really wish people would stop calling Goatse Security "white hat hackers." As an information security professional, it irks me to think that this is how people think of my industry.
Goatse Security (yes, named after that Goatse) is a subsidiary of the GNAA (excuse my vulgarity, but it stands for the Gay Niggers Association of America), whose sole purpose is to troll the Internet.
All these news outlets giving Goatse more publicity and even worse, calling them security professionals brings a bad name to my field.
- mukyu 16y agoThey do security research. Furthermore, they practice responsible disclosure principles (sometimes). That is pretty much the definition of a white hat hacker. I think using professional to describe them is a stretch, but classifying them differently because you think they are icky is childish.