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Conflicted! Cory Doctorow just endorsed it & I’m way less smart than that person so i usually do what they say :\
Cory Doctorow, seems like a really nice, important and smart fellow but has his weak moments as well :-) https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/#swiss-cheese-security
Cory helped harass and witch hunt Naomi Wu "SexyCyborg" tech girl from China. He is a slimy fucker.
Ugh, that’s awful, and I believe that, but it’d be great to see a link, since I’m reduced to using Kagi obv
https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-my-experience-with-sarah-jeong-jason-koebler-and-vice-magazine-3f4a32fda9b5
This is news to me.. not sure why I missed it..
I can't find mention of Cory on that article though, maybe I misinterpreted, do you know where that is?
Well you did not read the full thing, it has a part 2.
https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-part-2-over-the-wall-and-into-the-fire-5e8efc5c1509
You can find Cory's role here.
thank you!! for real. if I’m semi-blindly following someone & they’re a fkg monster I appreciate knowing that I need to not follow them & in fact do the opposite
Cory Doctorow seems to be shilled a lot in privacy circles in Western diaspora. I do not like it. It is ironic that this "privacy advocate" helped harm the privacy and security of a Chinese girl making it big in tech.
it's very likely that Cory didn't have enough time to do research, visit the company's Discord, and so on.
Rule of thumb is don't judge anyone by their discord
when it's listed as one of the company's official communication channels with the owner of the company frequently participating, then I sure as hell am going to judge the company by it.