coolstuffivefound

2020-07-18 00:54:40

#art #photo #black and white #martialarts #Bruce #Lee

Rosenfeld

2020-07-05 10:20:37

INFOSEC: FUCK YOUR '"BLACK/WHITE NEUTRALITY"!

By Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day | July 4, 2020

The information security (infosec) community has angrily reacted today to calls to abandon the use of the 'black hat' and 'white hat' terms, citing that the two, and especially 'black hat,' have nothing to do with racial stereotyping.

Discussions about the topic started late last night after David Kleidermacher, VP of Engineering at Google, and in charge of Android Security and the Google Play Store, withdrew from a scheduled talk he was set to give in August at the Black Hat USA 2020 security conference.

In his withdrawal announcement, Kleidermacher asked the infosec industry to consider replacing terms like black hat, white hat, and man-in-the-middle with neutral alternatives.

These changes remove harmful associations, promote inclusion, and help us break down walls of unconscious bias. Not everyone agrees which terms to change, but I feel strongly our language needs to (this one in particular).

— David Kleidermacher (@DaveKSecure) July 3, 2020

While Kleidermacher only asked the industry to consider changing these terms, several members mistook his statement as a direct request to the Black Hat conference to change its name.

With Black Hat being the biggest event in cyber-security, online discussions on the topic quickly became widespread among cyber-security experts, dominating the July 4th weekend.

While a part of the infosec community agreed with Kledermacher, the vast majority did not, and called it virtue signaling taken to the extreme.

Most security researchers pointed to the fact that the terms had nothing to do with racism or skin color, and had their origins in classic western movies, where the villain usually wore a black hat, while the good guy wore a white hat.

Others pointed to the dualism between black and white as representing evil and good, concepts that have been around since the dawn of civilizations, long before racial divides even existed between humans.

Right now, the infosec community doesn't seem to be willing to abandon the two terms, which they don't see as a problem when used in infosec-related writings.

MORE COMMENTS: https://www.zdnet.com/article/infosec-community-disagrees-with-changing-black-hat-term-due-to-racial-stereotyping/

#programming #computer #science #software #development #infosec #black hat #resistance #goggle #hackers #internet #censorship #freedom #sexism #social #web #human rights #sanctimony #activism #activist #correctness #meetoo #blacklivesmatter #racism #racist #USA #research #cyber-security #security #privacy

taz

2020-06-24 07:00:05

Kurzer Frieden

AktivistInnen haben in der US-Metropole Seattle eine „Autonome Zone“ ohne Polizei ausgerufen. Zunächst lief es friedlich, doch dann fielen Schüsse. http://www.taz.de/Polizeifreie-Zone-in-US-Stadt-Seattle/!5691207/
#taz #tazgezwitscher #tageszeitung #Black #Lives #Matter #George #Floyd #Seattle

Schwerpunkt: Polizeigewalt und Rassismus

Polizeifreie Zone in US-Stadt Seattle: Kurzer Frieden

AktivistInnen haben in der US-Metropole Seattle eine „Autonome Zone“ ohne Polizei ausgerufen. Zunächst lief es friedlich, doch dann fielen Schüsse.

^www.taz.de

Frank 'euroweld' Hartmann

2020-05-30 16:31:39

“Wird in Deutschland NIE passieren!”

Doch! Es passiert! Hier! Heute! Jetzt!

#ACAB #Copland #FCKCPS #NaziCops #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeSpeech #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod #BLACK LIVES MATTER #Germany #Deutschland #FreiePresse #Rassismus

"Wird in Deutschland NIE passieren!"

Doch! Es passiert! Hier! Heute! Jetzt!#ACAB #Copland #FCKCPS #NaziCops #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeSpeech https://t.co/1S5YTctHez

— Frank Hartmann (@euroweld) May 30, 2020

coolstuffivefound

2020-03-22 11:06:39

#art #photo #black and white #dog #quizzical

coolstuffivefound

2020-01-17 21:58:59

#NSFW #art #photo #male #black and white

coolstuffivefound

2019-09-28 23:05:04

#NSFW #art #photo #emotion #black and white #embrace

V. T. Eric Layton

2019-04-10 14:40:57

It's Official: Astronomers Just Unveiled The First-Ever Direct Image of a Black Hole

Very COOL! But I'm underwhelmed. Artists' views are ever-so-much better. :)

https://giant.gfycat.com/ZestyRawIvorybilledwoodpecker.webm

#physics #black holes #astrophysics #astronomy #cosmology #Einstein #Hawking

It's Official: Astronomers Just Unveiled The First-Ever Direct Image of a Black Hole

No. Stop. Scroll back up. Look at that picture. Stop scrolling down and look again. What you're looking at is history. That is the very first direct image, ever, of the event horizon of a black hole.

^{www.sciencealert.com}