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That's a very prejudiced and uncharitable way of looking at a fellow hacker. Have you got evidence to back your views?

by _notathrowaway 4y ago

Pigalowda 4y ago
- whalesalad 4y ago
  Your above response was very judgmental and not kind. My goal with the question was not to shame the lifestyle, and I don’t think that type of discussion is relevant here.
  - Pigalowda 4y ago
Traubenfuchs 4y ago
- TakeBlaster16 4y ago
  I understand wanting to protect real-life children, but I'll never understand why we need to protect drawings of fictional bears
some_furry 4y ago
Despite what the other commentators on this thread seem to want to believe without evidence, I'm not at all attracted to children, and I'm offended that someone would drop such a gross accusation in a HN thread.
- Pigalowda 4y ago
  Be offended and then clarify - why are so many furries in the infosec field? Do you have a speculative answer? By the way a person using a dark market to get drugs and then meeting up with other consenting adults to “cosplay” as animals may very well be an illegal and potentially humiliating event for a person. Maybe just growing up with the subculture created an early need in a person to hide/obfuscate and therefore motivates entry into infosec. I don’t know - that’s why I’m speculating. Going straight to the child angle is too narrow/myopic.
  - some_furry 4y ago
    > why are so many furries in the infosec field? Do you have a speculative answer? Honestly, the answer has already been posted several times. It has nothing to do with the incorrect associations you have in your mind. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32778682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32778682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779917 > By the way a person using a dark market to get drugs and then meeting up with other consenting adults to “cosplay” as animals may very well be an illegal and potentially humiliating event for a person. I have no idea what this means, considering: 1. I don't use dark markets 2. I don't use drugs 3. Being a furry isn't "animal 'cosplay'" in the sense your comment implies > Maybe just growing up with the subculture created an early need in a person to hide/obfuscate and therefore motivates entry into infosec. Roughly 80% of furries are LGBTQ+. https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-pornography/5-1-orientation/ https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-p... An early Internet tradition, started by Something Awful, was to use "anti-furry" as a dog-whistle for anti-LGBTQ+. https://soatok.medium.com/if-you-hate-furries-youre-anti-lgbt-cce35a948a57 https://soatok.medium.com/if-you-hate-furries-youre-anti-lgb... This also motivated a lot of LGBTQ+ and furry people to need to learn security just to exist online. What you're gesturing towards is actually self defense against shitty people. > I don’t know - that’s why I’m speculating. Going straight to the child angle is too narrow/myopic. It's probably better to ask questions than to speculate incorrectly, especially when it's a nontechnical matter.
    - 4y ago

That's a very prejudiced and uncharitable way of looking at a fellow hacker. Have you got evidence to back your views?

Pigalowda 4y ago

whalesalad 4y ago
Your above response was very judgmental and not kind. My goal with the question was not to shame the lifestyle, and I don’t think that type of discussion is relevant here.
- Pigalowda 4y ago

Traubenfuchs 4y ago

TakeBlaster16 4y ago
I understand wanting to protect real-life children, but I'll never understand why we need to protect drawings of fictional bears

some_furry 4y ago

Despite what the other commentators on this thread seem to want to believe without evidence, I'm not at all attracted to children, and I'm offended that someone would drop such a gross accusation in a HN thread.

Pigalowda 4y ago
Be offended and then clarify - why are so many furries in the infosec field? Do you have a speculative answer? By the way a person using a dark market to get drugs and then meeting up with other consenting adults to “cosplay” as animals may very well be an illegal and potentially humiliating event for a person. Maybe just growing up with the subculture created an early need in a person to hide/obfuscate and therefore motivates entry into infosec. I don’t know - that’s why I’m speculating. Going straight to the child angle is too narrow/myopic.
- some_furry 4y ago
  > why are so many furries in the infosec field? Do you have a speculative answer? Honestly, the answer has already been posted several times. It has nothing to do with the incorrect associations you have in your mind. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32778682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32778682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32779917 > By the way a person using a dark market to get drugs and then meeting up with other consenting adults to “cosplay” as animals may very well be an illegal and potentially humiliating event for a person. I have no idea what this means, considering: 1. I don't use dark markets 2. I don't use drugs 3. Being a furry isn't "animal 'cosplay'" in the sense your comment implies > Maybe just growing up with the subculture created an early need in a person to hide/obfuscate and therefore motivates entry into infosec. Roughly 80% of furries are LGBTQ+. https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-pornography/5-1-orientation/ https://furscience.com/research-findings/sex-relationships-p... An early Internet tradition, started by Something Awful, was to use "anti-furry" as a dog-whistle for anti-LGBTQ+. https://soatok.medium.com/if-you-hate-furries-youre-anti-lgbt-cce35a948a57 https://soatok.medium.com/if-you-hate-furries-youre-anti-lgb... This also motivated a lot of LGBTQ+ and furry people to need to learn security just to exist online. What you're gesturing towards is actually self defense against shitty people. > I don’t know - that’s why I’m speculating. Going straight to the child angle is too narrow/myopic. It's probably better to ask questions than to speculate incorrectly, especially when it's a nontechnical matter.
  - 4y ago