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There is a small vocal cult of secbros on HN and Reddit that have some kind of beef with Gibson because he gets things wrong once in a while and make prediction
by bityard 3y ago
There is a small vocal cult of secbros on HN and Reddit that have some kind of beef with Gibson because he gets things wrong once in a while and make predictions that don't pan out. You know, like literally all of us.
And also he sells ONE product that in 2023 has admittedly dubious value (SpinRite), and I will also admit that the website oversells it quite a bit. But all of the complaints I've seen about it basically boil down to those people not really understanding what it's for or what it does. It's not for "undeleting" data, it's not for fixing your broken filesystem, it can't recover data off a disk with a bullet-hole in it. It only works on spinning rust with _some_ bad physical sectors, if the damage is not severe enough that the data can't be recovered with many, many, repeat readings.
I listened to his podcast Security Now for the better part of a decade while commuting and found that he really enjoys getting to the root of whatever he's talking about and _usually_ (not always) does a pretty good job of explaining complex technical subjects verbally. He has always come across as quite humble to me, and _every_ episode began with a list of corrections from the previous episode. When he does make mistakes, at least he admits them.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agolol, it's not a small vocal cult, what a bizarre description. It's simple people in the know who can recognize a charlatan and call him out as such. Maybe you are not old enough to remember or be aware of how ridiculous he used to be. He's been pretty quiet the last decade, likely due to getting batted down every time he would pop up with some nonsense.
- bityard 3y agoNot sure what you mean by pretty quiet, his podcast is still going strong and is quite popular. I don't know what your personal grudge against him is, but it doesn't sound like it's doing you any good.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoHis podcast is but a blip in a giant sea of podcasts, and only listened to by people who don't know enough to know how little he knows. No personal grudge, just the advantage of experience. I'm hardly alone in holding this view. If you did some research, and listened to some actual security podcasts, you might learn a little bit more regarding all this.
- warrenm 3y ago>No personal grudge, just the advantage of experience. I'm hardly alone in holding this view. If you did some research, and listened to some actual security podcasts, you might learn a little bit more regarding all this. Such as... what? Who do you think knows more than he does and/or what has he said that is incorrect?
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoYou don't need to ask the same question 3 different times in reply to my comments to other people. What's wrong with you? Just keep it to one thread. Jesus.
- sentientslug 3y agoThis is the third dubious comment you’ve made so I’ll ask you directly (once again) to explain why you feel that way.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoI haven't made a single dubious comment. I'm kind of tired of pointing out the truth with all these, I assume gen z kids, who don't know any better and think he's worth listening to. Just do some googling and read up on his history, see what actual security experts think of him. But hey, you do you.
- sph 3y agoAnd here I was, a random passerby to your argument, hoping for you to finally tell what's wrong with Gibson Research, yet I only heard a lot of moaning with no substance. From outside, it looks like you have a grudge against them, but brought no actual reason. Thanks for your input I guess. Before you shut me down as well, I learned of Gibson Research in this very thread. I'm no paid actor.
- warrenm 3y agoThis guy's definitely got some kind of [apparently] irrational grudge going on against Gibson Can't elaborate on anything except some kind of claimed secret knowledge that the rest of us plebes must obviously not have Sad, really
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoYour obsession with someone calling out one of your favorite podcasters, that you need to be so defensive, is honestly bizarre. Stop.
- warrenm 3y agoLOL He's not a "favorite podcaster" But nice try at casting aspersions instead of answering the question
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago[flagged]
- warrenm 3y agoStill no sources! Keep your irrational opinions then